Gregory Page: Let's Fall In Love Again

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Gregory Page is a product of his own imagination. To describe him in one word would be indescribable. He looks like your kind uncle from a bygone era, neat in a suit with an old fedora in one hand and a vintage guitar in the other. His concerts resemble a vaudeville cabaret act that meets an old time folk revival show, have been met with great popularity in the Netherlands & in Australia. A Gregory Page concert, complete with song, storytelling and humorous poetry is the perfect antidote to the hectic pace of everyday life.

Page's musical advisor is Mr. Lou Curtiss, a proprietor of a half century old record shop in San Diego. Like Tom Waits and Robert Crumb, Gregory has spent years inside that shop with Lou, listening to all sorts of musical styles. As a result of being exposed to hundreds of musicians and their different, unique styles, Page could not decide on one single genre to follow, so he chose practically every style that he heard in Lou's shop. It made sense to Page, as it made sense to Lou Curitss, that there are so many wonderful different styles of music, to pick only one to listen to or to be inspired by would be darn right silly. So the fact is within the original compositions of Gregory Page you will indeed hear echoes of the past such as the British crooner from the 1930's Al Bowlly, the voice of Woody Guthrie, Sophie Tucker and countless other performing musicians that have long left the world's music scene. Gregory is a living breathing vintage tube radio console, zig-zagging around the channels, tuning in and singing out with the greatest of ease. His antena sits on top of Lou's record shop, where inside all the secrets of the universe seem to exist for him.

Page's natural ability to genre bend has given him unique opportunities to perform at a wide range of festivals and venues across the world. His countless solo tours in Australia have resulted in him headlining the Manley Jazz Festival and practically every folk festival in that country, including the legendary Woodford Folk Festival.

Gregory Page and Lou Curtiss continue to sit together to listen and explore their mutual love of music from yesteryear, and to this day Page is continues to uncover diamonds within Lou's extensive record collection. Dusting some of these lost songs off, re-arranging and recording them for new life to be discovered by an enthusiastic and growing fan base.

His latest album, "Lets Fall In Love Again", is a long overdue collection of some of these songs and original compositions, that all blend together perfectly. "Lets Fall In Love Again" is a confident classic collection of romantic love songs. A modern day crooner and an unapologetic dreamer, Mr. Page delivers an elegant suite of 10 songs that harken back to a bygone musical era. These recordings were produced by Jason Mraz and highlight the gorgeous piano playing of Sky Ladd. Mr. Page's beautifully crafted songs capture the innocence, romance, and joy of the early 20th century. He tips his hat to the great music of Tin Pan Alley with sincerity and passion, which draws the listener into his seductive world. He pulls this off admirably, with a sweet tenor, which occasionally drifts into falsetto, providing exactly the bright timbre needed to complement the winsome orchestration. The self described creator of the musical genre modern nostalgia, his new album, with its universal themes, is sure to delight young and old alike. Page has the rare talent to write songs that are at once melancholy, nostalgic and contemporary. He is a modern day vaudevillian. While is seems the rest of the music world is dedicated to a mantra of bigger, faster, louder, "Lets Fall In Love Again" rises above as a timeless album. The sound, like some of Page's other recordings, is soaked in nostalgia, and his unique and unforced crooning vocals spells sweetness and romanticism. This album takes the relaxed listener back to a musically simpler time, when all the songs had catchy melodies and the microphones were works of art. This new album shows that many of the things that made good music over a century ago still work today. It also stands up as a considerable statement of Gregory Page's talent and musical direction.