Songs of White Lion is a duo of albums by Mike Tramp featuring new re-recorded versions of White Lion songs, released via Frontiers Music. Volume 1 was released on 14 April 2023 and Volume 2 was released on August 23, 2024. As the title implies, the new albums sees Tramp re-imagining select cuts from his former band White Lion's catalog, including the bands biggest hits: "When the Children Cry", "Wait", and "Little Fighter".[1]
Background
Songs of White Lion Volume 1 comes out only one year after his most recent release in 2022, For Første Gang, the album which Tramp sung a full set of songs entirely in Danish for the first time in his career.[2][3]
Songs of White Lion follows Tramp's previous release of re-recorded White Lion songs when he was first attempting to reform White Lion in 1999, on the album Remembering White Lion. To avoid legal issues with former members, the band was known as Tramp's White Lion when that album was re-released in 2004 under the title Last Roar.[4]
Since 2009, following White Lion's last studio album Return of the Pride, Tramp has been writing and recording as a solo artist releasing nine studio albums, Songs of White Lion is a tribute to Tramp's most successful band of his career. With various incarnations of White Lion leading to 2008's studio reunion, this album completes the circle.[5]
Songs of White Lion Volume 2 was released a few months after Tramp released his second Danish album, Mand Af En Tid. Songs of White Lion 2 features Tramp re-imagining ten more select cuts from his former band White Lion's catalog[6]
Release
A re-recorded "Cry for Freedom" was released as the first single for "Songs of White Lion",[7] followed by a reworked take on "Little Fighter".[8]
Mike Tramp embarked on an extensive U.S. tour in May 2023. The Songs of White Lion trek, which was originally supposed to take place in April/May 2020, will see Tramp performing White Lion hits.[9]
Songs of White Lion Volume 2 features the new single and music video for the re-recorded "Lights and Thunder"[10] and the reworked "Lonely Nights",[11] "Out With the Boys"[12] and "The Road to Valhalla"[13] were also released as singles featuring visualizer music videos. Tramp will embark on an extended tour supporting Songs of White Lion Volume 2 starting in mid-August 2024.
