Twangfest Night One Hayes Carll | Elizabeth Cook | Kentucky Knife Fight The Pageant June 8, 2011 The first of this year's 15th installment of Twangfest took on the feel of an old-time variety s... Continue reading "Hayes Carll and Elizabeth Cook at the Pageant, 6/8/11: Twangfest Night One" >
[Birthday candles are blazing today for Steven McDonald, whom youngsters know as the bass slinger in OFF! but others may remember as a bratty punk rocker . Cheers.] So many sold-out shows for a Tuesday — here are three that aren't: ► Canadian rockers the Sam Roberts Band (pictured) headline the Troubadour (with Motopony opening) behind their album "Collider." It's fairly straight-ahead rock, a little blues, a little Strokes. Here's a small taste, a song featuring [...]
Elizabeth Cook (first set) McGonigel's Mucky Duck March 11, 2011 Rocks Off always appreciates a country artist who comes by their tales of low lives and high times honestly, and Elizabeth Cook c... Continue reading "Friday Night: Elizabeth Cook At McGonigel's Mucky Duck" >
Just before the 35 Conferette gets into full swing on Thursday, we have ourselves an eventful Tuesday evening to consider. And if you're a fan of metal, country or American Idol, this is definitel... Continue reading "Tonight, Tonight: Clay Aiken at Verizon, Elizabeth Cook at Dan's, Malevolent Creation at Reno's and Parkway Drive at House of Blues" >
Ed Harcourt Lustre Released June 15, 2010 (Piano Wolf Recordings) Short Notes: British Singer/Songwriter with another sometimes-pleasant addition to the overwrought genre. Lin: B- I blind-bought this one because, for some reason, I thought Ed Harcourt was the former frontman for 16 Horsepower, a band I like more often that not. He's not, not even close, but the decision was made with help of the album cover, which invokes a "country gothic" feeling, which is how I hoped [...]
There's a new number one selling album this week—click through to check out the week's top selling albums (both vinyl & CD lists) at Grimey's New & Preloved Music in Nashville.
One of the more critically-acclaimed albums in the alt-country world of late is Elizabeth Cook 's Welder , released this past spring on the 31 Tigers label. She says the title was inspired by her father. "He was a welder and had a welding business," she tells LimeWire Music Blog, "and that's how we survived when I was a young girl. He was a local fixture with his welding company. He's still around, and we're very close. He's a great inspiration to me. I'm lucky to have such a character in my life." There are a [...]
Brilliant Elizabeth Cook interview and session @ American Songwriter including this Another from Elizabeth, any excuse to post it, live version of Sunday Morning. Elizabeth Cook - Sunday Morning Amelia Curran and Mary Gauthier from Music Fog Samantha Crain from hear ya Session <a
I was putting together a few posts for the next week or so and noticed a recurring theme, so I thought I'd make it all about the girls this week - in the nicest possible way of course. Kicking of with a few Youtube favourites. Iris & Emmylou, harmony heaven Patti Smith, this just sends shivers down my spine All pedal steel players should dress this way Just for the "mullet" line its a classic [...]
Elle en avait impressionné plus d'un avec Balls (2007) pour son humour, sa spontanéité et son amour de la classic-country. C'est armée des mêmes atouts qu'Elizabeth Cook nous revient cette année avec Welder, son 5ème album. Ayant à peine dévié de la voie tracée par ses figures tutélaires que sont Dolly Parton et Loretta Lynn, Cook continue de marier, de sa voix haut perchée, légèreté,
(Image from Strumming Pix ) Another short but sweet set from Elizabeth Cook, featuring three tracks from Balls and a cover of "a depressing mountain murder type ballad" Elizabeth Cook - Awful Dreadful Snake Elizabeth Cook - Mama's Prayers Elizabeth Cook - Sometimes It Takes Balls to Be a Woman Elizabeth Cook - Sunday Morning Buy @ Amazon
With Folk and Americana rampaging Britain, it's a wonder Country has yet to reach full throttle, catching the breath and attention of its potential European fans. It's certainly made a decent attempt: musicians have laced the genre into their material, and the state predominantly associated with the movement, Nashville, is producing some solid music at the moment. What's really needed is a forerunner, a fresh face for a new initiative… Step forward 38 year-old Elizabeth Cook . Hardly innocent to the business, the Florida born singer-songwriter released her debut The Blue Album at the turn of the millennium [...]
With Neko Case back to spending time with her cool friends in The New Pornographers, the time would appear to be right for Elizabeth Cook to sneak into the country chanteuse limelight. I'm really digging her newest release, Welder , despite the fact that it was produced by Don Was. One listen to Cook's stripped-down numbers and it's hard not to make the Dolly Parton comparison. I've no doubt that Cook has a Coat Of Many Colors -quality record in her, but playing old-timey [...]
Following up on the Cadillac Sky post from earlier this week there's are great article about the the band and their new album at American Songwriter and there's a great review of a recent live show at Now This Sound Is Brave [...]
Elizabeth Cook's arrived at Americana Central Station steaming in with Don Was, Buddy Miller, Dwight Yoakam, Rodney Crowell and Tim Carroll on-board, Welder is without doubt her best album to date, bringing together a wonderful mix of songs, funny, heart breaking, personal, country, rock n roll, acoustic and electric, the songs include Cook originals, a pair from husband Tim Carroll, one written by her mother Joyce - I'm Beginning to Forget and a pair of covers, Frankie Millers Blackland Farmer and Hem's Not California the album strikes the arc and throws out [...]
Elizabeth Cook: "Girlfriend Tonite" Elizabeth Cook somehow escaped our radar over the past several records. Perhaps it was the pretty face, and bright blonde locks that made us think more of Taylor Swift than a gritty cutting edge country singer. There's something beguiling and charming about her new album Welder (out now Thirty One Tigers) that manages to get under your skin and stay with you well after you're finished listening. There are certainly some odd [...]
CMJ has called Elizabeth Cook "…the perfect middle ground between the Dixie Chicks and Neko Case." That's a pretty apt description. On May 11th Cook, also the host of a daily show on Sirius' Outlaw Country, will be releasing her new Don Was-produced album Welder. With help from the likes of Buddy Miller and Dwight Yoakam this record is shaping up like a must for country fans. Here's a look at
"In an era of fabricated fame, Elizabeth is the real deal" The quote is courtesy of Rodney Crowell who was responsible for the production on Elizabeth's 2007 release Balls, and it pretty well sums it up, Elizabeth's bio like her vocal is pure country, here's a set of songs from her performance on Woodsongs that showcases four tracks from the Balls album along with If I Could penned by her husband Tim Carroll ( eMusic ) [...]
Elizabeth Cook @ AMA's from Lake Fever performing a track from her forth coming album Elizabeth Cook from Lake Fever Sessions on Vimeo . Alejandro Escovedo interview from WUNC The Low Anthem [...]
So - two weeks from today, Next Big Nashville will be in full swing, and we'll all be recovering from the second night of festivities and the first night of showcases. With over 130 local and regional artists playing the festival, there's a HUGE list of performers to digest - some of which are familiar names around town, some of which I'll admit I've never seen, heard, or maybe even heard of. That means it's about time we start looking at some of this year's performers... and by "looking at" [...]
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