LIVE @ EVES – Volume 1: Kingsway 

 JOKE SHOP

SUNDOWNING

WESTERN FRONT

BY YOUR HANDS

$5

Bill Battery – drums
Jojo Darling – vocals
Randy Forrester - keys and vocals
RC Joseph – vocals and guitar
Brian McKendry – guitar
Adam Nation - bass and vocals  

DDG Spring Celebration @ E.V.E.S.

equinox rock...

 CONCRETE SCORE

WESTERN FRONT

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NIGHTINGALES

CYNIC’S SONG

Adam Nation – bass, guitar, vocals
Randy Forrester – keys, guitar, vocals
RC Joseph – vocals, guitar
Steve Wells – guitar, vocals

White Bronco – KINGSWAY

Paul Roberts (Stateside) – KINGSWAY

Greetings music fans.

Here is a little project that RC and Mossy are working on long distance. RC is recording the songs in Vancouver then sending the tracks to Mossy in Rockford, Illinois for him to add a little ambiance. They want to do a 5-6 song ep, then release it digitally. Then they want to do two more. Fine by me. Those are my kind of recording sessions: cheap like borscht. And the whole long distance, virtual recording angle will probably be easy to sell. Like Streisand and Diamond on ‘You Don’t Bring Me Flowers’. Except Mossy and RC project more love.

Shine on you crazy diamonds.

Jon Raw
owner/operator
DDG Records

Listen while you read…
SONG: Whopper Jr.…

The third release from this ever-evolving Vancouver collective, Brand New Golden Oldies is Kingsway singer/songwriter RC Joseph’s most rock ‘n’ roll endeavor to date. Featuring support from Canadian indie darlings Counterrevolutionaries as well as guest appearances from trumpeter Shaun Brodie (New Pornographers, The Great Outdoors, Hayden) and percussionist Steven Wegelin (Radiogram, The Great Outdoors), Brand New Golden Oldies is reminiscent of rock ‘n’ roll in simpler times, revisiting the upbeat swing of early Neil Young, the dark transcendence of CCR, and the grittier moments of Roy Orbison. Recorded at East Van Eden Studios, produced by RC Joseph and Adam Nation, mixed by the Mooncussers’ Colin Funk, and mastered at Profile Studios by prolific hit-maker Chôn (Ox, The Be Good Tanyas), Brand New Golden Oldies is yet another bright light on DDG Records’ luminescent coastline of extraordinary Canadian music.

“With a debut that was perhaps one of the best in recent Canadian indie history, it seems unlikely that Kingsway could continue to get better with each release, but somehow they do. Brand New Golden Oldies is Kingsway’s finest work yet… RC Joseph might just be the best lyricist in Canada.” – 24 Hours

... it's all stronger when you keep it in the family...

Overview

KINGSWAY is a small community of musicians led by West Coast singer/songwriter RC Joseph.

After four albums of critically acclaimed music, Joseph is more confident than ever that one of his better-looking and more talented counterparts will someday cover one of his songs and place it on their major label release. Perhaps around track 6 or 7. Though the song itself won’t do too well, the album will reach the top 10 on Billboard and Joseph will use his residuals to buy a kidney-shaped pool and a fancy gas barbeque. Such are the dreams of the true artist.

Members

RC Joseph and… Mossy Vaughn, Chôn, Steve Wegelin, Chris Carlson, Ida Nilsen, Brian McKendry, Adam Nation, Shaun Brodie, JoJo Darling, Bill Battery, Randy Forrester, Kent McAlister, Dan Brodie, Colin Funk, Chris Klein, Michael P. Campitelli, Stephen Wells, Craig McCaul, Melisa Devost, Steve Loree…

Discography

2003 - The Typical or Universal Human Event
2006 - UFOLP
2007 – Brand New Golden Oldies
2010 – The Belvedere Half Court

Press

“A series of melancholy lo-fi folk songs that conjure up images of a young Neil Young or perhaps the male equivalent of Chan Marshall. RC Joseph bares his soul with little more than his voice, his guitar and a heart full of woe.” – ChartAttack

“The latest from Vancouver’s RC Joseph casts a wondering eye at the night sky, scene of cosmic real-estate sales, alien visitations and other dreams of relief from this weary world. The shuffling songs are deliberately plain and low-tech, with lots of head-down guitar strumming and occasional trumpet asides. Joseph’s damaged vocals emphasize the remoteness of his subjects, and also their inescapability, as the star-chart traces of all-too-human relationships.” – Globe and Mail

“With a debut that was perhaps one of the best in recent Canadian indie history, it seems unlikely that Kingsway could continue to get better with each release, but somehow they do. Brand New Golden Oldies is Kingsway’s finest work yet… RC Joseph might just be the best lyricist in Canada.” - 24 Hours

‘The Ballad of Josh Gibson’

CBC Radio 3 Track of the Day – Joke Shop