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Release Date: 24 October 2025
Label: Continental Song City
Packaging Type: Digipak
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 8713762012137
Genres: Pop Male Vocalist
Description
A cult figure in the music business, Keller's gigs at New York's Lakeside Lounge and The Rockwood Music Hall are legendary - If the best players in town weren't on stage with him, they were in the audience, singing along, playing along, making the sort of noise that would get you locked up in a lesser town.
Keller first got attention years ago when, as part of San Francisco group Tommy Tutone, he co-wrote and performed "867-5309" ("Jenny Jenny"), a classic power pop tune that made 80's radio so listenable.
He ran Philip Glass's publishing company and took over management of Glass's career as director of Dunvagen Music. In 2005, Keller returned to recording and performing with a voice aged by time, whiskey and promises. Produced by long time musical director Adam Minkoff End Of The World is a rocking set of 12 Keller originals that confirms Kellers as one of the most exciting and most prolific singer/songwriters of today's New York music scene.
From the horse's mouth:
In 2022 I got together with my New York friend Adam Minkoff (a producer, singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who tours with Graham Nash and Amy Helm) to record tracks for an album that we released as Spark and Flame. After that project, I picked up where I left off with my LA buddy Mitchell Froom (a producer of artists such as Los Lobos, Richard Thompson and Suzanne Vega plus musician who is a member of Crowded House) for our second album with Bob Glaub, David Hidalgo and Michael Urbano, called Daylight. Those two projects were in many ways opposites; Adam records tracks, and with Mitchell, everything is totally live. Both were a blast.
Then Adam and I reconvened with our usual jam-session array of Brooklyn, Woodstock and New York City musicians, and a new set of songs emerged. They became this album, End of the World.
Adam produced. We recorded me on guitar and vocals, Lee Falco on drums and Adam on bass, then built the tracks from there. This allowed Adam and I to play with the arrangements and instrumentation in the studio. If there is a downside, it's that tinkering with songs takes time, but experimentation in the studio is a luxury and process is almost always joyful and engaging. As always, the songs are almost all written by me with Byron Isaacs (singer, songwriter, and bassist for The Lumineers and Ollabelle)) who has been my partner in crime for over 15 years and comes up with all the best lines...
I hope you find something in here to enjoy.
Cheers! Jim Keller
Tracklisting
Emma Swift
Eileen Rose
The Hello Darlins
Anna Elizabeth Laube
The Weight Band
King Tree & the Earthmothers
Amy Speace
Michael McDermott
Jim Keller
Jim Keller
Jim Keller
