Jon Burrowes
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And some more news – a novel! Please see below.
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December 12, 2024 – I wrote a novel, and it’s finally getting published
Around the time my daughter Maddi was born (1994), I wrote a novel called Vubré the Great. It was part of a four-book cycle about Boston in the future.
Yesterday, Fantastic Books announced that they are re-releasing the original three Future Boston books, plus for the first time, my novel, Vubré the Great.
Although I wrote Vubré thirty years ago, maybe it has some relevance today in its focus on aliens, on the predicament of the rising sea, and on the ideas of charismatic and flawed leaders.
Here’s a link to the announcement, I hope:
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10233965438816395&set=a.1024743897682
And here’s a little more about Vubré the Great:
Vubré the Great is a dense, multi-layered story that covers a few months in the life of the city of Boston in the year 2034 AD. The story appears to revolve around the efforts of various groups in Boston to stop Nailon Loya, the leader of a violent anti-alien group called The Uprising. But it also circles around the problem of Antonio I. Vubré, a much less well-known figure in Boston. Vubré’s approach to the problems of human-alien coexistence is more benevolent than Loya’s; but he also may not be real.
November 19, 2024 – We got some radio airplay on SECOND ALBUM! Completely delighted about that. Thanks to all the deejays who were willing to give us a chance; I really appreciate it.
Jon Burrowes SECOND ALBUM is available on all the main streaming services now.
Also, Ann Ramsey, who sang backup on several tracks, is working on her own album! Find her on Facebook etc. and stay tuned.
As for me, I’m taking a break, kind of, not really. I get up every day, get my coffee, come in here, get back to work. More to come; I promise.
October 11, 2024 – We got the SECOND ALBUM out! Today is the official release date. You can take a look at the tracks here:
Link to SECOND ALBUM.
I got a lot of great help on this album. Especially: excellent recording, engineering, and all-around production help from Kyle Swartzwelder at Black Forest Sound; great backup singing by Ann Ramsey; super radio promotion help from Art Menius; and warm support from the Philadelphia Area Songwriters’ Alliance (PASA). Thanks all, much.
July 27, 2024 – I’ve finally finished the recording and mixing on my second album. It’s called “Jon Burrowes Second Album.” We’re hoping to get it out there for September 2024. Songs on it:
Not Wisely (2016)
I Was Only Foolin’ Around (2021)
I’d Have Done Anything (2016)
Put My Wings Back On (2015)
Come Back Baby Rag (1977)
The Coat of Memory (2013)
Brave Words (2015)
Turn of the Year (2022)
Fish and Corn March (2008)
Love Not Given (2018)
I Remember It Well (1977)
The Old Red Flag (2020)
More news to come. Thanks again for following, and if you’ve managed to find your way to the songs on my first album, thanks much for that too. I really appreciate it.