New Song Featured in Relix Magazine

Colin’s new single Last Days of the Dark Age is now being featured in Relix Magazine’s November sampler and playlist! Hear the playlist on Spotify here.

Forces of Nature - Out Now on Deluxe Vinyl

The much-anticipated new album Forces of Nature is now available on 12” vinyl LP format. This deluxe package features a printed inner-sleeve and beautiful turquoise-blue vinyl. Order yours today here or from amazon.com.

New Single: Last Days of the Dark Age - Out Now!

Colin’s powerful new single Last Days of the Dark Age is out now on all streaming platforms! Click here to stream it on Spotify. Click here to stream it on the platform of your choice. Click here to pre-order the new album Forces of Nature on beautiful turquoise vinyl.

New Music Video: Forces of Nature

Forces of Nature is the title track off of Colin’s forthcoming record, due out October 16, 2020 on Splice Records. He describes the making of the new video below.

"‘Forces of Nature’ has a driving, upbeat kind of feel, but lyrically it is basically a love song that uses a lot of imagery and simile to get the point across,” said Colin Lake. “For the music video we were able to use footage that we shot over the course of about two years while sailing in the Western Caribbean. I shot the primary footage with a Go-Pro and a selfie stick in Maria La Gorda, Cuba. It's a very remote part of Cuba along the southwest coast, well known for its diving and pristine water. The waters around that part of the island are also known for big dangerous waves where currents collide. Fittingly, we arrived there under sail in a squall and once things cleared up we could see this big old blue sailing schooner that had been shipwrecked on the beach in a powerful storm about a month earlier. The captain was a French Canadian guy that was staying at the little dive resort, waiting for help from his embassy to sort out a salvage operation. That boat felt symbolic of the forces of nature that I sing about in the song and that we are all at the mercy of, to one extent or another. I thought it could make a cool backdrop for a video, so I went out and spent half the day zooming around in the dinghy, lip-syncing the song over and over… I must have looked like a crazy person and there were definitely a few Cubans in uniform who took notice and were keeping track of me from shore, since at that time the Cuban military had jurisdiction over that boat. In Cuba someone is always watching."

New Full Length Album 'Forces of Nature' drops October 16

Five years in the making, Colin’s new album Forces of Nature will be released on Friday, October 16 on Houston based label Splice Records. Produced in New Orleans by Eric Heigle, the album features the singles Extraordinary Times, Alajuela and Last Days of the Dark Age, plus five other previously unreleased tracks with a sound and messages as timeless as they are timely. Pre-Order for LPs will begin on August 7 and will coincide with the debut of a music video for the album’s title track. Stay tuned to Colin’s social media feeds for news as the release date approaches.

New Single Alajuela Out Now

Colin’s New Single “Alajuela” is out now on all the streaming platforms! Click here to stream the song on the platform of your choice.

Here is a quote from Colin about the song: “For me, Alajuela is a feeling,” said Colin Lake. “It's a blissful moment in time that you never want to end. I wrote the song in Alajuela, Costa Rica, in the mountains overlooking a beautiful valley where you can watch planes take off and land all day and night while you listen to the sounds of the jungle. Everything about our short time there was perfect, and I wrote the song at night, a few hours before my wife and I had to wake up and board one of those planes ourselves. It’s definitely one of the feelings we were chasing when we decided to leave it all behind and shove off on a sailboat a few years ago.”

New Single Drops April 10

Colin’s new single Extraordinary Times will hit Spotify and all other streaming platforms on Friday, April 10!

Bon Voyage

The time has come to share some big news.  Colin and his wife will be hitting the high seas this fall on their sailboat Wavelength.  It's an open-ended adventure that will take them throughout the Caribbean and beyond.  Friday, October 20 at Chickie Wah Wah in New Orleans will mark Colin's final performance with his band for some time.  Between now and then, there are also a few festival appearances, including at the Bogalusa Blues Festival, Gretna Heritage Festival, Ten Sixty Five Festival (Mobile, AL) and the Voice of the Wetlands Festival.  We hope to catch you at one of these performances!

Interview

Recently Colin and the band were in Paonia, CO to play the Pickin' in the Park concert series and eat some Paonia peaches.  Colin had a chance to visit the studios of KVNF and sit down with Ali Lightfoot for her interview series, Talkin Music.  You can listen to the interview here.

Jazz Fest!

Jazz Fest 2016 is almost upon us and Colin will be playing a bunch of cool shows in some great rooms, as well as out at the Fairgrounds on the Acura Stage!  Click the tour page for more details.

Live for Live Music Debuts Mt. Calvary Sessions

Follow this link to see the first video from Colin's new Mt. Calvary Sessions series: http://liveforlivemusic.com/features/watch-colin-lakes-remarkable-performance-at-the-mt-cavalry-church-in-new-orleans-premiere

Introducing Mt. Calvary Sessions

Check out this short trailer for Colin's new video series, Mt. Calvary Sessions.  The first video in the series will be released very soon.  Subscribe to Colin's Youtube channel to stay tuned as new videos are released.

Colin Returns to Jazz Fest !

We are excited to announce that Colin & his Band will return to the fairgrounds for a special performance at the 2016 New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival on Thursday, April 28th!  

Colin Nominated for Four "Best of the Beat" Awards

We're pleased to announce that Colin has been nominated for Offbeat Magazine's "Best of the Beat" Awards in four categories; Best Blues Album, Best Male Vocalist, Best Guitarist & Best Music Video.  You can see the list of nominees here and then click the link in the first paragraph to cast your vote!  Colin is nominated in categories #11, 32, 33 & 46.

New Music Video Debuts on Innocent Words

Click here to read a nice little question-and-answer piece that Colin did with Innocent Words Magazine and to see the debut of Colin's spanking-new music video for his song "The World Alive" directed by our friend Nathan Tape.  Enjoy!

Now Playing in Starbucks!

Beginning tomorrow, October 1st, three songs off of Colin's new record "One Thing That's for Sure" can be heard on the in-house playlist for Starbucks locations nationwide!  Keep your ears open the next time you stop in for a coffee drink... The three songs are: "The World Alive" (tr 3), "La Madrugada" (tr 6) and "Just Begun" (tr 9).  

Vinyl!

"One Thing That's for Sure" is now available on 12" vinyl!  The LPs also come with a download card that allows you to download the album in digital form.  Check out Colin's new store where you can pick up your LP and browse other merchandise.