Hemant Rao

A bit of info

It is high time for an update. The Via Rail Tour went very well, we may do it again this year. Met a lot of people and played right across the country. It has been quiet on the website only because I have been very busy musically. A new endeavor is complete but I am waiting for the appropriate time for it's release. Let's just say there are some wonderful things on the horizon!

Airplay In Germany

The Lavender album has received airplay in Germany on OtticFM. Maybe a Euro-tour in the works?

VIA RAIL TOUR

The tour will be from Toronto to Vancouver. I will be playing on the train throughout the trip. Dates yet to be determined for Vancouver.

The New Album

The new album is coming along well. Ten new songs have been written, two to go. Drum tracks done for 4 songs and bass (Anthony Kerr) completed for two. Keep on keeping on!!!

Featured again on Here Comes The Flood

I have received a second feature on the Dutch blog Here Comes The Flood, this time for the song "Substitute Fear With Love". This song is in acoustic format, written for the upcoming fourth album.

Thanks again Hans Werksman!

http://werksman.blogspot.ca/2015/04/hemant-rao-substitute-fear-with-love.html

Airplay on CBC Homerun

On Thursday April 16th Homerun aired the song Skylight. Thank you Homerun staff for your help!

Here is the clip:

https://soundcloud.com/hemantrao/skylight-on-cbc-homerun

CBC Searchlight Round 2

I am very honored. For the second year in a row I have made it to the Montreal Top 25 on CBC Searchlight. The voting continues for the next week.

http://music.cbc.ca/#!/music/artist.aspx?name=Hemant-Rao

Featured for a second time on the music blog "Here Comes The Flood"

I am currently writing songs for the next album. The music magazine "Here Comes The Flood" featured the acoustic version of the new song "Substitute Fear With Love". Thanks so much Hans Werksman from Holland!

http://werksman.blogspot.nl/2015/04/hemant-rao-substitute-fear-with-love.html

Thank You Tracktion

I have received a wonderful writeup from Tracktion. As I have mentioned previously, this is the software I used to record the album Lavender. Here is the letter that they sent out to the Tracktion community. Thanks so much Dave, James and the Tracktion staff!

http://www.tracktion.com/newsletter/w/9VZHDLCeAzDIz1JV7GJ892ng/pJYlwkcNkvrtMT5Z763lT0yw/k0XlW1G8QoB42mMwKFo83w

Fifth Album Review Is In

I received a great review from Tim Readman. Tim is a prolific Vancouver based singer/songwriter. He also writes for the Edmonton music magazine Penguin Eggs. Thanks so much Tim for the review!

Montreal based singer songwriter Hemant Rao’s latest CD is a collection of original songs that brings to mind a variety of influences. There’s a few shades of David Gray, perhaps a hint of Mark Knopfler and maybe a pinch of Sting (when he was a good Police-man) detectable here. Rao has a lightness of touch that helps the material to skip along and a way with gently catchy hooks that subtly worm their way into your ears. There’s some tasty playing too-notably the man himself on slide guitar, as well as tight ensemble playing from the band. His singing is unforced and pleasantly smooth and floats over the instrumental tracks effortlessly. It’s deceptively simple, attractively sweet and surprisingly deep.