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Colin James Releases New Video for ‘Protection’ Feat. Lucinda Williams

After releasing his great Chasing The Sun album earlier in 2024, Canadian musician Colin James continues to be on fire thanks to the album’s second single, “Protection” (featuring Lucinda Williams). James says a music video was shot in Nashville recently for the song, and a certain someone makes a special appearance in it.

“This song was written by Lucinda, and I was so, so happy that she agreed to sing on it and join us for the video shoot as well,” James says. “She is a treasure. Hope you enjoy!”

Watch “Protection” Feat. Lucinda Williams

 
Williams, who wrote the track, originally recorded “Protection” for her 2014 double-album Down Where The Spirit Meets The Bone. The cover, meanwhile, came together near the end of the album recording. “When I first had to sing it, she was in on the couch in the listening room, and I didn’t know she was coming over that early,” James told Canadian journalist Terry David Mulligan in an August 2024 episode of the Mulligan Stew podcast discussing “Protection.” “I hadn’t even sung the song yet because it was a late choice for us.’Protection’ was at the last minute.

“We were going to do a song of hers that was much quieter, much more really played down and sad. I think we decided we needed tempo. So, (co-producer) Colin Linden phoned me one morning and said, ‘What about ‘Protection’? Do you know it?’ I said, ‘I think I know it.’ We listened to it, and I said, ‘Oh, I think it would be awesome!'” After James and Williams had a “nice dinner,” Williams ended up singing on the track the following day.

The video release is the latest big news for James, but not the only feather in his proverbial cap. Chasing The Sun, released on Stony Plain Records, has topped the Roots Music Canada Album Chart for eight weeks. The album, co-produced and co-arranged by James and Colin Linden, was released in late August and has been steadily gaining new fans and listeners ever since.

With a new music video for “Protection,” a chart-topping studio album in Chasing The Sun and an extensive Canadian tour slated to start next February, the only thing currently hotter than the sun might be Colin James!

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