One Producer: Brent Milligan Recording Date: January to July 2002 Recording Location: Sing Sing Studios, Prahran (Melbourne), Victoria, Australia and Soundwerks Bellevue (Nashville), Tennessee USA Label: Essential Records Release Date: September/October 2003 Distribution Availability: Global

10th October, 2003

Rhema FM's Mark Evans catches up with the Paul Colman Trio and their latest album - One...

Since the release of its first international album New Map of the World, the Paul Colman Trio (guitarist and vocalist Paul Colman, bassist Grant Norsworthy, and drummer Phil Gaudion) has been criss-crossing the United States, Europe and Australia spreading a serious message wrapped up in a blend of power pop and rock music.

But as time came for the band to head back to the studio for its follow-up to New Map, a single theme emerged: reconciliation -among friends, among family, among individuals, and among the church.

“God said that in order to be reconciled to others, you have to be reconciled to Him, and in order to be reconciled to Him, you must be reconciled to others,” Colman says.

“They’re impossible to pull apart, but I think a lot of Christians say ‘I’ve left that at the foot of the Cross; I’ve dealt with that’ and yet they’re alienated from others.”

Norsworthy adds: “I’m excited about One being the title of the album, because ‘reconciliation’ is probably too long a word for people to get their arms around. I’ve often wondered what it would be like if everyone who professed to follow Jesus lived in harmony with each other."

Colman describes the songs as "an exploration in vertical or horizontal reconciliation and what the implications of that are”.

“Jesus said if we love one another, the world would know we are His disciples.”

These are heady matters, to be sure, but a listener encouraged to think does not have to be a listener discouraged to rock out, as Paul Colman Trio delivers again on One.

The musical versatility shown by Paul Colman Trio, both on its recordings and during its live shows, not only helps highlight the band’s multi-faceted personalities but also brings in a wide swath of fans.

“The album provides us with the tools to do our job, which is connecting with people on the CD and in person,” Colman says.

Taking those tools, the live show and the record, and making them one. Taking an audience, young and old, believers and otherwise, and making them one. Taking a message, both timeless and contemporary, and making it one. Those are the goals of the Paul Colman Trio.

And they accomplish it with One.

TOUR DATES

pc3 TOURS 'All Around The World' - Australia, NZ and Europe!
The trio's performance schedules for late 2003 early 2004 are taking shape! Straight after completing their first headlining tour of the US, pc3 head back to Europe - Holland, Sweden, Germany and more - then New Zealand's Parachute Festival and a homecoming tour of Australia. Details are subject to change, but here they are as they exist at the time of writing:

AUSTRALIAN "One" TOUR 2004 – (Presented by Youth Alive)
Wednesday 11th Feb - Albury (Albury Convention Centre), NSW.
Thursday 12th Feb - Sydney (CCC Oxford Falls), NSW
Friday 13th Feb - Melbourne (Camberwell Civic Centre), Vic
Saturday 14th - Brisbane (Citipoint Church - Mansfield CoC), Qld
Thurs 19th - Perth (Riverview Church), WA
Saturday 21st - Adelaide (Paradise Community Church), SA
Canberra, ACT (Date and Venue TBA)

Mark Evans has been involved in community radio in Geelong for almost 15 years, the last three as music manager at the Rhema FM radio station in Geelong. Please send all your questions and comments to editor@sightmagazine.com.au