Jaggedland

Over 25 years since breaking through to critical and commercial acclaim with his 1982 self-titled debut and it's infectious, era defining top 40 hit ³someday, someway, Marshall Crenshaw creates an incredible new chapter in his stage and film-worthy life with this highly anticipated 429 records debut. Jaggedland is a musically dynamic and lyrically intimate collection of songs creating a truly a career-defining record harkening back to the best and brightest from one of America's greatest songwriters and performers. Marshall's latest offering jaggedland embraces his early influences as a songwriter and offers some new soon to be staples like right on time, stormy river, and live and learn. The album was recorded in Los Angeles with abbey road nurtured producer jerry boys, who has worked with ry cooder on the buena vista projects and rem. For this album, marshall has assembled an all star band of studio pros, anchored by drummer jim keltner, who has played on hundreds of rock's greatest albums including john lennon's imagine, steely dan's aja and the traveling wilburys. Marshall Crenshaw has built his career as a hit-making singer, songwriter, guitar player of power pop with hundreds and hundreds of songs on his resume. One of the most prolific and successful writers of the past 25 years, his gems are classic rock recurrents - someday, someway, the often covered you're my favourite waste of time, cynical girl, mary anne, and there she goes again with another guy. Marshall's title track to the movie 'walk hard, the dewey cox story' was nominated for a grammy award for best song from a movie in 2008.