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‘Electric Black Man’ Eric Mercury Releases New S/T Song

The Toronto-born songwriter and producer, who performed with ‘60s groups The Pharaohs, Eric Mercury & the Soul Searchers, and Dianne Brooks, before hitting his stride in the US, has teamed up w

‘Electric Black Man’ Eric Mercury Releases New S/T Song

By David Farrell

The Toronto-born songwriter and producer, who performed with ‘60s groups The Pharaohs, Eric Mercury & the Soul Searchers, and Dianne Brooks, before hitting his stride in the US, has teamed up with Montreal composer Anthony Aramouni to release “Bright Eyed Woman.”


Mercury’s first solo album, recorded for Avco Embassy, was Electric Black Man and he followed it with several other releases before finding his niche as a writer, composer, and producer working with artists that include Thelma Houston, Roberta Flack, Donny Hathaway, Dionne Warwick, and Kenny Rankin.

Aramouni, who has had success as a soundtrack composer, is credited as writer and producer of “Bright Eyed Woman,” that features in the 2020 coming-of-age dramedy, Blue Tongues.

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Mercury currently promotes himself as music director for CanWood Entertainment, a diversified production and partnership entity.

The new song's official launch on April 25 coincides with the 50th anniversary of Electric Black Man’s release. Watch the official video for “Bright Eyed Woman” here.

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New & Upcoming Canadian Album Releases: Drake & PartyNextDoor Team Up, Alessia Cara Returns with 'Love & Hyperbole'

Drake & Party have the blockbuster album of the week, but there's a diverse grouping of new releases including an archive offering from Neil Young and an adventurous project by July Talk frontman Peter Dreams with MOONRIIVR.

It's Valentine's Day, this week, and there are plenty of new albums to romance your ears. The biggest is definitely the new album from Drake & PartyNextDoor, first teased at a concert in Toronto last summer and now released during renewed chatter over Drake's beef with Kendrick Lamar after the rival rapper's Super Bowl performance.

This week, Neil Young releases a gem from the vaults, the "lost" album Oceanside Countryside. Peter Dreams (from July Talk) and acclaimed duo MOONRIIVR team up for a self-titled album on Six Shooter records, pop princess Alessia Cara releases Love & Hyperbole, Montreal R&B prospect Fernie has the new EP Hopeless Dreams, and Juno-nominated Toronto jazz singer Denielle Bassels, glam rocker Art d'Ecco and Indian fusion artist Raj Ramayya all have new projects.

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