The debut album from Canadian singer-songwriter Jason Plumb's solo project Jason Plumb and The Willing releases today. The album is titled All is More Than Both and features a guest appearance from Alex Lifeson on the track LOSIN' which you can listen to below or at this link. We first learned about Alex's involvement back in September via a blog post from producer Michael Phillip Wojewoda. The post featured this behind-the-scenes recording session video from last May with Alex wailing away on a solo over the track. The album also features appearances from Ed Robertson and Steven Page of the Barenaked Ladies along with several other Canadian musicians. You can purchase the LOSIN' track with Alex Lifeson via Amazon or via iTunes, or purchase the entire All is More Than Both album (Amazon, iTunes).

On a related note, Jason Plumb and the Willing bass player Gord Smith has a side project called Creosote, and his debut album Area Man also releases today. The album includes a rocking cover of Rush's Mystic Rhythms as described on the Soccer Mom Records website:

... Rush's original "Mystic Rhythms" is a mid-tempo synthesizer and keyboard-driven song. Smith turned in into the guitar-driven rock song he thought it should have been. He got to gush to Rush’s Alex Lifeson about breathing life into the song while recording Jason Plumb and the Willing's new album All Is More Than Both. ...

You can preview/purchase the Mystic Rhythms cover via Amazon or via iTunes, and the entire Area Man album is also available for purchase (Amazon, iTunes). Thanks to RushFanForever for the heads up.

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