JEFFREY GAINES w/ Mieka Pauley and Jude NEMO February 16, 2006

The man whose music Rolling Stone has called "intense yet understated" has had something of an epiphany lately. "What it's really about," says Jeffrey Gaines, "is that at some point you wake up and say, 'This is not a rehearsal'." Such straightforward honesty and maturity are qualities that shine through on Gaines' latest (and fifth) full-length release, Toward The Sun, a collection of 11 original compositions co-produced with Mitchell Froom ? In stores May 25. Always Be (his 2001 release) brought Gaines great critical acclaim: Boston Globe declared that "Gaines' soulful, wounded vocals make a case for his being one of pop's finest singers?an artist who deservers far more attention than some of his more hyped, yet less talented, peers."

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