Mar 4, 2022
Kevin Hearn has released a stark album called There and
Then: Solo Piano Improvisations. 3 distinct rooms, 3
pianos, and 3 days of playing, each only for 3 hours.
No demos. No rehearsal. No real conversation between himself and
producer Mark Howard.
Yes. The same Kevin Hearn who was a member of the Corky and the
Juice Pigs Band, bandleader for Lou Reed, and a star member of Bare
Naked Ladies.
Kevin worked for years with Gord Downie. Right up until Gord was
lost to Cancer.
There and Then honors Gord (Among the Stars)and Lou (Lou) and Garth
Hudson (The Garth Hudson Institute) and the basic elements of great
music.
The album cover was painted by Gord’s daughter Willo. Lou Video was
directed by Mike Downie.
Rather than paint a word picture I’ve decided to let Kevin tell the
tale of how all this came to be.
THIS is an album that will become a balm for the World we all live
in.
Well done Kevin and Mark.