The new Detours single 'Always Be To
Me / Snowballed' was released on
Monday 5th December 2011. The double
A side features a brand new
recording, the very touching 'Always
Be To Me' written by Sam Johnson in
memory of his friend Kay Dransfield, who sadly died
earlier this year, and a remaster of
Detours' classic Christmas song
'Snowballed' written by Ez Jon
Erikson. The single is available
as a download at several digital
music providers including iTunes,
Tesco Entertainment, Play.com and
EMusic, and as a CDR On
Demand from Detours Music Store on
this website. The cover artwork, shown below, features photography
of Sam's trumpet taken by Sharon
Graham. 'Always Be To Me' was played
on Manchester Radio Online's The
Radio Shed show on Saturday 3rd
December. Their DJs Brian Mitchell
and Rae Leeson commented "brilliant,
beautiful, loved it".
12/10/2011
'THE EZSENTIAL EZ JON ERIKSON' 2 CD COMPILATION
ALBUM TO BE RELEASED EARLY 2012
A 32 track 2CD compilation album entitled 'The Ezsential Ez Jon
Erikson' will be released during early 2012. The album will feature
32 career spanning EJE recordings taken from both his solo and
Detours work, focusing on Ez as the prolific singer songwriter that
he is. Several tracks will be previously unreleased remixes or
alternate versions. Here is the album cover, again from photography
by Sharon Graham:
10/10/2011
BRAND NEW EJE SINGLE 'WHAT WILL I BECOME?' DUE
FOR RELEASE 5TH NOVEMBER 2011
The brand new single by Ez Jon Erikson 'What Will I
Become?' will be released digitally worldwide on 5th November 2011. This is the title
track to the new album which Ez is currently working on. He
describes the song as very prophetic, personal and spiritual. It is
a folk style waltz which Ez sings in his lower range. The artwork
for the single, from photography by Sharon Graham is shown below:
05/07/2011
DETOURS & DIVERSION ENDS TO APPEAR AT SOMETHING
TO BELIEVE IN FESTIVAL
Ez Jon Erikson and Sam Johnson of
Detours (pictured below) are to
perform three acoustic sets in one
day at the Something
To Believe In Festival on Saturday
27th of the
August Bank Holiday weekend. Also
appearing are Sam's band Diversion
Ends, 80s chart star
Howard Jones, Dan Reed,
Room Thirteen, along with
approximately 30 other acts. The
festival, which is to be held at
several venues in the Manchester
area, including the BBC, is to fund the Winnie
Mabaso Foundation, which supports
the orphans of South Africa, many
suffering with HIV/AIDS.
Admission arrangements are still being
finalised, but this promises to be
an exciting event for a great cause.
Watch this space.
26/03/2011
NEW EZJONERIKSON.CO.UK WEBSITE LAUNCHED
It's been a long time coming, but finally it's
arrived. Ez Jon Erikson's new website is here. Not since 2003 has Ez
had his own dedicated website. When he formed Detours with Sam
Johnson and Julian Flindle, he opted to direct the domain name to
Detours.info, and then later to his MySpace page. But now after
ongoing requests, and with a new solo album planned, Ez felt the
time was right for a new website focusing on himself as an artist.
We hope you like it, and find it informative, and clean and easy to
navigate.
23/03/2011
FUN IN THE SUN VIDEO POSTED ON YOUTUBE
It was recorded in 1997, released as the opening
track to the 'Summers Of My Life' album in 1999, remixed and
released as a digital single on iTunes in 2009, and now at long last
there is a promo video! Check out 'Fun In The Sun (Single Remix)'
below and enjoy what is a fun, cheesy, childish, yet rather sexy
video.
