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I'm so proud to be part of such a great project. I was the Musical director on the CD and co wrote 4 songs with Carly and Jimmy Webb including the first single "Hold out your Heart".
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CARLY SIMON released a new album entitledİThis Kind Of Loveİon the Starbuck's label (Hear Music) on April 29, 2008. This will be her first album of all original music. Inspired by and subtly infused with the rhythms of Brazilian music, This Kind of Love explores a wide swath of emotion-romance, reflection, melancholy, anger and humor. It's at once one of Simon's most personal albums as well as one of her most stylistically diverse outings. The CD is co-produced by Simon, Frank Filipetti and Jimmy Webb who also wrote or co-wrote most of the arrangements. Filipetti worked his talent as the engineer as well as producer. The three first teamed up for Film Noir, Simon's album of standards that Webb produced in 1997. Grammy Award-winner Carly Simon is one of the most respected vocalists and songwriters in music today. This Kind of Love ranks among her most personal albums, as well as one of her most stylistically diverse excursions, with songs ranging from gorgeous melodies to driving rhythms. On This Kind of Love, Simon delivers 10 of her own songs (some of which she co-wrote), including the gently swaying title love song, the funky castigation of conniving celebrity-identity thieves ("People Say A Lot"), the catchy "How Could You Ever Forget" (one of Simon's personal favorites), the r&b-vibed "So Many People," the lyrical gem, "Sangre Dolce," and a waltz-time homage to her close friend, the humor columnist Art Buchwald, who passed in January 2007 ("Too Soon to Say Goodbye"). "Hold Out Your Heart" was co-written by Carly Simon and Peter. |
PETER
co produced and performed on Jan
Horvath's recent release, "Never Too Late"
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"MISSISSIPPI MORNING" “Truly an enriching experience to write the music for this childrens book.“ Peter Calo Piece by piece James William's comfortable life
begins to unravel. First he learns that the burning of a black man's
house was not accidental. Then his fishing buddy LeRoy tells him
about the hanging tree and the Klan. James simply can't believe
that racial hatred exists in his own community until he comes face
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Blowin' in the wind
Willie Nelson with Peter Calo on guitars and mandolin
produced by Rob Morsberger
I had the pleasure of playing on a track that Willie donated to the folks at http://www.ilovemountains.org. Please take a few moments to check this site out and enjoy the song.
More than 470 mountains have been destroyed by mountaintop removal coal
mining. Watch this video about mountaintop removal, including excerpts
from the documentary Kilowatt Ours, featuring Woody Harrelson and a soundtrack
featuring an original recording of “Blowin’
in the Wind,” sung by Willie Nelson.
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"Hairspray: The Movie"
In Theaters December 21, 2007
Peter is currently up in Toronto, recording tracks for the up coming Film version of "Hairspray." The rhythmn section is smoking, with David Spinozza and Peter Calo on guitar, Clint De Ganon on drums, Frankie Centento on bass, Keith Cotton on piano. Lon Hoyt and Keith Cotton are on hand running things with composer Marc Shaiman.
Adam Shankman, (Bringing Down the House, The Pacifier), will direct the film, which will star John Travolta as Edna Turnblad, Queen Latifah as Motormouth Maybelle, Christopher Walken as Wilbur Turnblad, Michelle Pfeiffer as Velma von Tussel, Amanda Bynes as Penny Pingleton, Zac Efron as Link Larkin, Brittany Snow as Amber von Tussel, Elijah Kelly as Seaweed and newcomer Nicole Blonsky, a seventeen year old New York native, chosen to play the lead role of Tracy Turnblad.
"Hairspray" was originally a 1988 John Waters comedy movie about star-struck teenagers on a local Baltimore dance show, starring the drag queen icon Divine, who gained her fame in the 1971 John Waters smut film "Pink Flamingos." The new version of the film "Hairspray" will be based on the hit Broadway adaptation of the film which debuted in 2002, and went on to win eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, Best Score, Best Book and Best Director.
Marc Shaiman (Sleepless in Seattle) and Scott Wittman will contribute new songs to their existing Tony Award winning score. Shaiman will also serve as the film’s music supervisor and will compose the music score for the film as well as produce its songs. Wittman and Shaiman will also serve as executive producers on the film. The new screenplay for "Hairspray" is written by Leslie Dixon (Freaky Friday, Outrageous Fortune).
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Carly Simon |
Peter has been recording an upcoming CD with Carly
Simon at Parr Studio's on Martha's Vineyard.
Carly Simon will release "Into White,"
a collection of pop standards and traditional lullabies, Oct.
24 via Columbia.
Taking its name from a Cat Stevens song, "Into
White" features Simon covering classic tunes such as Judy Garland's
"Over the Rainbow," the Everly Brothers' "All I Have To
Do Is Dream," the Beatles' "Blackbird" and traditional
Gaelic lullabies "Hush Little Baby" and "My Bonnie."
"Into White" also includes two new songs penned by Simon, "Love
of My Life" and "Quiet Evening." Simon is joined by children
Sally and Ben Taylor for a familial rendition
of ex-husband James Taylor's "You Can Close Your Eyes," from
1971's "Mud Slide Slim and the Blue Horizon."
"Into White" is the follow up to Simon's previous collection
of standards, 2005's "Moonlight Serenade," which peaked at No.
7 on The Billboard 200.
Jill Menze, N.Y, , billboard.com
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"THE CONCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR" “The Conscientious Objector”, played to a packed audience at The Cinequest Film Festival, in San Jose , CA. Peter Calo has been on board throughout the labor of love, that it has taken to see this project through to completion and the recognition that this film deserves. His music casts a haunting and panoramic picture as the powerful story unfolds about Desmond T. Ross, a man who desperately wanted to serve his county in WW11, even though his strong religious and moral beliefs would not allow him to kill another human being. The film went on to win Best Feature DXD , and Audience Choice Award Documentary.“ view a trailer of "THE CONCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR" |