Phil Vassar

[Kim]

PHIL VASSAR HITS NYC & PHILLY




Award-winning singer/songwriter Phil Vassar has been on tour promoting his debut holiday cd Noel, and this week he will perform cuts from the critically-acclaimed album on the nationally-syndicated "The Better Show" in New York City on Thursday, December 8, 2011. The episode will air on Thursday, December 15. Check local listings at Better.tv. On Friday, December 9, Phil will perform two songs from Noel on the popular "The 10! Show" on Philadelphia's NBC affiliate.

Following dates in Verona, NY and Glenside (Philadelphia), PA this weekend, he will return to Nashville to perform at the Grand Ole Opry on Tuesday, December 13 at the historic Ryman Auditorium. At 9:15 p.m., after his Opry appearance, Phil will sign copies of both Noel and his new The Hits Live on Broadway cd at the new Opry Originals store. The store is located just a block from the Ryman at 300 Broadway in downtown Nashville. For Opry tickets and details on the in-store appearance, visit www.Opry.com.

Phil will be back downtown on Thursday, December 15 for an exclusive performance at The Country Network's "Live from the Ledge" concert series at Nashville's Hard Rock Café. Tickets are $5.00 at the door, and proceeds benefit the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

The physical Noel cd can be purchased at www.PhilVassar.com, and the digital cd is available on iTunes - where the album is featured as one iTunes' "Holiday Favorites" on the country home page - and other digital retailers. For additional information on tour dates, music and more, visit www.PhilVassar.com.

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Phil Vassar releases new single, plans show in Lowell
Boston Music Spotlight, Staff

Country star Phil Vassar has revealed dates for an upcoming spring tour. The Virginian will visit Massachusetts for a concert at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium on Thursday, March 22. Tickets are available now through the venue’s website for $29.75 to $55.75.

Vassar, who’s last studio release was 2009′s Traveling Circus, is expected to preview some new songs off his forthcoming sixth album while on the road this spring. Last month, he released a brand new single called “Don’t Miss Your Life”, which was officially sent to radio stations nationwide earlier this week. The song is streaming below.

“I wrote this song on a plane recently, when I was really missing my family and especially my two daughters,” explained Vassar in a press release. “The response we’re receiving from country radio and from fans has been absolutely incredible. I am always amazed when a song touches people like this.”

In November, Vassar released his first live compilation, The Hits Live On Broadway. The album, which was recorded on New Years Eve in Nashville, consists of 12 of Vassar’s biggest hits including tracks of his own and some that he has written for other artists. At the same time, he also released his first Christmas album, NOEL. The album is comprised of five classic holiday songs along with five original tracks.

Prior to the show in Lowell, fans can catch Vassar perform at Mohegan Sun Casino’s Wolf Den in Uncasville, Connecticut on Saturday, February 25.

[Kim]

Phil Vassar, ‘Love Is Alive’ – Song Review

By Billy Dukes
March 21, 2013
tasteofcountry.com



Rodeowave Entertainment


Phil Vassar‘s knack for finding irresistible hooks is as sharp today as it was in the early ’00s when hits like ‘Just Another Day in Paradise’ and ‘American Child’ were everywhere. His new song ‘Love Is Alive’ finds the singer returning to a familiar formula for success.

The acoustic guitar and banjo-driven, uptempo, pop-country track tells one man’s story of wanting to get back to his true love. Along the way, it tells their story together.

“Your mama likes me, your daddy does too / He likes this cross on my tattoo / Reminds him of when he was younger / Starving girl with this hunger,” Vassar sings to begin the second verse of ‘Love Is Alive.’ One expects heavy piano on any song from the Virginian, but the instrument is only a supporting player on this cut.

Lyrically there are some very endearing moments. “Feel your hair across my skin / It takes me somewhere I’ve never been / Girl I love you, you love me / Carved it on the willow tree,” he sings before the first chorus. It’s those kind of lines that will stick with fans and country listeners new to his catalog. The chorus finds him working a scale like he did on the hook of ‘Love Is a Beautiful Thing.’

“Love, love is alive tonight / Love is alive / Love is alive tonight,” he sings. No, it’s not much on a computer screen, but the movement within each word makes it dynamic.

Vassar writes great love songs, and played back to back one could argue there isn’t much difference between any two of them. However he’s only notched a true hit every three to five years recently, so every offering — including ‘Love Is Alive’ — comes fresh with a long shelf life.