The Jon Carroll & Love Returns Concert at the Barn at Wolftrap was
captured LIVE on 24-Tracks, mixed, mastered and is now being served up fresh.

That's right--the best 90 minutes of the ever-so-rockin' 11-piece show is NOW AVAILABLE cut for cut, or in it's entirety (2 CD Set) at the astonishingly cool and hi-fi

CHECK IT OUT NOW!

Jon congratulates ALL the nominees, presenters, performers and volunteers at the 22nd annual Wammie awards.

Thanks for a wonderful evening!

Jon is honored and priviledged to be the recipient of 7 awards (to tie with Chuck Brown is alone plenty).

Welcome to D.C.!!

Final mixing is nearly done for the extremely lively & quite live recording of the 11-piece JC Love Returns Band (Steve Fidyk, JT Brown, DanReynolds, Ben Carroll, Deeme Katson, John Jennings, Chris Watling, Alan MacEwan, Chris Royal & John DeSalme) show at The Barns of Wolftrap last January '07.

Look for it's upcoming release as well as a downloadable full set, or cut by cut on the fabulous Festivalink.net in late Feb, early March!.

JON CARROLL "Love Returns" Azalea City

Friday, January 12, 2007; Page WE10

IF THERE WERE A WAMMIE award for "Most Prolific Guest Artist," Jon Carroll would have a mantel crowded with them by now. Though best known for his work with Starland Vocal Band and Mary Chapin Carpenter, the keyboardist-composer-vocalist has more recording credits than Donald Trump has nasty things to say about Rosie O'Donnell, or vice versa.

Carroll, however, recently reserved enough time to record "Love Returns," his first solo album in more than a decade. It's a vibrant reminder of what he does best, whether it's conjuring vintage R&B/soul sounds, the inspiration for "Maybe This Romance," "Take It All Back" and several other tracks, or composing a ballad as evocative as "Land That Time Forgot," which manages to bring to mind both novelist Annie Proulx and tunesmith John Prine, or coming up with a country ditty as innocently engaging as "On the Front Porch."

Two cover tunes -- Ted Hawkins's "The Good and the Bad" and Dan Zanes's "Darkness Before Dawn" -- neatly fit alongside the original tunes, and though the arrangements tend to be spare -- too spare, at times -- they're enhanced by Carroll's own list of guest musicians, which includes drummer Dave Mattacks, guitarist Duke Levine, reedman Chris Watling and trumpeter Alan MacEwen. Sure, Carroll is accustomed to seeing his name listed in the fine print, but he headlines this session with talent and charm to spare.

-- Mike Joyce

Click HERE to read the article on washingtonpost.com.

Jon interviewed and performed on WAMU 88.5 FM on Friday, January 5 on the METRO CONNECTION.

You can still listen here: http://wamu.org/programs/mc/07/01/05.php#12939