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After Yesterday
After Yesterday cover
Studio album by John Gorka
Released October 20, 1998
Recorded April - June, 1998
Genre Folk
Singer-songwriter
Length 48:11
Label Red House Records
Producer John Jennings
Professional reviews
John Gorka chronology
Between Five and Seven
(1996)		 After Yesterday
(1998)		 The Company You Keep
(2001)

After Yesterday is the seventh studio album by folk singer-songwriter John Gorka. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist John Gorka (born 1958 Edison New Jersey) is a contemporary American Folk musician In 1991 Rolling Stone magazine called him "the preeminent Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Red House Records is an American Independent record label specializing in Folk music based in St In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing John Jennings is an American Musician: a Guitarist, multi-instrumentalist and Music producer. Acoustic Guitar is a monthly magazine published in the United States since July/August 1990 by String Letter Publishing allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry The Boston Herald is a Tabloid -format Daily newspaper, the smaller of the two big dailies in Boston Massachusetts, United States Dirty Linen is a Bi-monthly Magazine of folk and World music based in Baltimore Maryland. Paste is a monthly Music and Entertainment Magazine published in the United States by Paste Media Group LLC The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (popularly known as "the P-I" is one of two daily Newspapers in Seattle Washington, United States. Sing Out! is a quarterly journal of Folk music and Folk songs that has been published since May 1950 The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D John Gorka (born 1958 Edison New Jersey) is a contemporary American Folk musician In 1991 Rolling Stone magazine called him "the preeminent Between Five and Seven is as the name suggests the sixth studio album by folk Singer-songwriter John Gorka. The Company You Keep is the Eighth studio album by folk Singer-songwriter John Gorka. Folk music can have a number of different meanings including Traditional music: The original meaning of the term "folk music" was synonymous Singer-songwriter is a term that refers to Performers who write, compose and sing their own material including Lyrics John Gorka (born 1958 Edison New Jersey) is a contemporary American Folk musician In 1991 Rolling Stone magazine called him "the preeminent It was released on October 20, 1998 by Red House Records. Events 1740 - Maria Theresa takes the throne of Austria. France, Prussia, Bavaria and Saxony Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Red House Records is an American Independent record label specializing in Folk music based in St The album marked Gorka's return to Red House, after five albums with Windham Hill/High Street Records. Windham Hill Records was an Independent record label, founded in 1976 by Guitarist and Carpenter William Ackerman and his then-wife High Street Records was a Record label and a branch of Windham Hill Records from 1990 through circa 1997. This was heralded as a homecoming-of-sorts as Red House had issued Gorka's debut, I Know in 1987. The album also marks several changes in the life of the artist himself. Themes of parenting and family life first heard here on songs such as, "When He Cries" and "Cypress Trees" have now become a regular feature of Gorka's subsequent albums.

The album was well received by both reviewers and folk music radio DJs. The album debuted at number two on the Folk Music Radio Airplay Chart for October and held the number one position in November of 1998. [7]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by John Gorka

  1. "When the Ice Goes Out" – 4:51
  2. "Thorny Patch" – 5:22
  3. "Cypress Trees" – 3:12
  4. "Wisdom" – 5:34
  5. "Silvertown" – 4:31
  6. "January Floor" – 4:00
  7. "Amber Lee" – 4:30
  8. "After Yesterday" – 2:28
  9. "When He Cries" – 1:24
  10. "St. Caffeine" – 3:27
  11. "Zuly" – 4:46
  12. "Heroes" – 4:36

Songs

Heroes

"Heroes" was actually written by Gorka sometime in the 1980s. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Gorka's copy of the lyrics were stolen, however, and the song was forgotten until Gorka relearned it from Hugh Blumenfeld a decade later. Hugh Blumenfeld is an American folk Music performer from Connecticut. Blumenfeld tells this story:

"I learned 'Heroes' from John in Kerrville - I think it was 1987. The Kerrville Folk Festival is a music festival held for 18 consecutive days in the late spring/early summer at Quiet Valley Ranch near Kerrville Texas. He was camped next to my wife Andrea and me in an enclave that had been dubbed 'Little New York. ' I forget when we first heard the song, whether it was there or earlier in NYC, but it was at Andrea's request that I learned it. The song was brand new and we both loved it as soon as we heard it, but Andrea was the one who wanted to sing it. So, one bright midmorning when things in the campgrounds are lazy and slow, John passed over his notebook and I copied out the words. Soon afterwards, the notebook - along with his guitar - was stolen from his car and never recovered.

Andrea and I sang it at home from time to time during the next ten years - our own private little treasure. It never occurred to either of us to ask John about it, until I opened for him at Godfreys in 1997. It was only then I learned that the song had been lost in the notebook and that he'd forgotten it long ago. So I was able to play it for him downstairs in the dressing room before the gig and write him out a copy of his own lyric. " [8]

Credits

Notes and sources

  1. ^ Jim Bessman, "Singer/Songwriter Jim [sic] Gorka Returns to Red House", Billboard, 113:10, March 10, 2001
  2. ^ Daniel Gewertz, "Gorka's in the (Red) House again," The Boston Herald, February 5, 1999
  3. ^ Michael Parrish, "Recordings: After Yesterday, Dirty Linen, # 80, February-March 1999, p. See Billboard (Turkish magazine Billboard is a weekly American Magazine devoted to the Music industry Events 241 BC - First Punic War: Battle of the Aegates Islands - The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. The Boston Herald is a Tabloid -format Daily newspaper, the smaller of the two big dailies in Boston Massachusetts, United States Dirty Linen is a Bi-monthly Magazine of folk and World music based in Baltimore Maryland. 47
  4. ^ Gene Stout, "Fatherhood breeds joy, inspiration for Gorka. (Whats Happening)", Seattle Post Intelligencer, April 2, 1999
  5. ^ Rich Warren, "Off the beaten track: After Yesterday", Sing Out!, Vol 43, # 3, Winter 1999, p. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer (popularly known as "the P-I" is one of two daily Newspapers in Seattle Washington, United States. Sing Out! is a quarterly journal of Folk music and Folk songs that has been published since May 1950 120
  6. ^ Geoffery Himes, "John Gorka, 'After Yesterday', Red House", The Washington Post, November 27, 1998
  7. ^ Top Albums of October 1998 and November 1998 compiled by Richard Gillman from FolkDJ-L radio playlists. The Washington Post is the largest and most circulated Newspaper in Washington D Events 1095 - Pope Urban II declares the First Crusade at the Council of Clermont Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar)
  8. ^ Blumenfeld post on "The Gypsy Life" April 28, 2001

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