I was very honored to take part in the Radio Free Song Club episode #21 at The Living Room in NYC a few months ago. What good company: Jenny Stearns, Amy Alison, Laura Cantrell, Beth Orton, and Martha Wainwright among many others have been part of this series.
I sung my song “Red Shoes, Black Dress” and was joined by an incredible backing band.
You can listen here: radiofreesongclub.com/archives/2882
This lovely review of “The Wasted Ocean” will appear in the May/June issue of Maverick Magazine. Nice encouragement as we plunge into the very final mixing of “The Rome Sessions.” (working title)
On the recording front, things have been going really well- we tracked 9 songs (about twice as much as we expected!) and most of them (never all) will end up on “The Rome Sessions.” All songs were tracked live, with just acoustic guitar (me), electric guitar (Daniele), both of us singing, and the Porchboard bass stompbox. There are very minimal edits, almost no overdubs, and at least 7 versions of each song to chose from.
Tracking totally live is a new experience for me– “Nocturnal Among Us” was mostly tracked live, but it’s a lot easier with a drummer and a big old band to cover up any mistakes…As a duo, if we don’t get a decent take, we do it again. And again. And again. Lucky we have played around 100 live shows together, so we had a fair amount of experience to fall back on. We’ve tracked 1 brand new song, 1 song that has never been recorded, one song that has never really gelled until now, and a handful of fan favorites.
In other news, I’ve got 2 more days in Rome. Today is Pasquetta, or “little easter”, and we’re going to eat at friends house before finishing up our sessions. Tomorrow, I’m going to wonder the city until my legs fall off and pick up a few plaster casts of the Colloseo before flying home on Wednesday. Happy Spring!!
Daniele and I are headed into the studio this very morning. Apparently the Easter holiday has started, so we won’t have to battle Roman traffic to get to the place. We’ve got three days. Let’s see what happens! You can read a little more about my trip to Rome
