Lynne imagines new CD
Comprising 10 new songs written or co-written by Lynne, the disc reflects her influences - from Southern soul, Crescent City R&B, and California country and western to the social consciousness of precursors like Woody Guthrie and the roots 'n blues vocalizing of Billie Holiday.
The Virginia-born, Alabama-bred Lynne - who has lived in Southern California for the last 16 years - went to the Dockside Studio in Maurice, La. As she has on four of her last five albums (the exception being the 2008 Dusty Springfield tribute "Just a Little Lovin'," helmed by the late Phil Ramone), Lynne produced the new album herself.
Besides five songs composed alone by Lynne, the album includes two tracks ("Love is Strong" and "Be in the Now") co-written by Ron Sexsmith and three authored with Lynne's band mates -- "Better" and "I Can't Imagine" with guitarist/keyboardist Pete Donnelly and "Sold the Devil (Sunshine)" with Los Angeles-based guitarist (and band leader) Ben Peeler. The other core band members here include drummer Michael Jerome and bassist Ed Maxwell. Citizen Cope added his vocals to three tracks.
Tour dates will be announced soon.
The track listing is:
1. Paper Van Gogh (3:22)
2. Back Door Front Porch (4:31)
3. Sold the Devil (Sunshine) (4:08)
4. Son of a Gun (5:19)
5. Down Here (4:57)
6. Love Is Strong (3:44)
7. Better (4:32)
8. Be In The Now (3:28)
9. Following You (3:42)
10. I Can't Imagine (3:04)
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- 05/09/24: Lynne headlines Ryman show
- 04/19/24: Lynne offers new song
- 03/07/24: Lynne signs with Monument; "I Am Shelby Lynne" reissue coming
- 08/21/14: Lynne signs with Rounder
- 10/30/13: Lynne calls up new video
- 10/01/13: Lynne gives "Thanks" in November
CD reviews for Shelby Lynne
Shelby Lynne has always been ahead of her time. The cover for this eponymous album, her 13th solo album and first since 2015's "I Can't Imagine," appears to be another example of her prescience. Though it had to be put together long before the 2020 Covid-19 pandemic, it shows her wearing a facial mask and a look of fear. Coincidence, no doubt, but an eerie one.
Don't worry though, this is not a collection of songs about social distancing and searching for Charmin. ...
Shelby Lynne really needs to figure out who she is if she ever wants to be something more than the answer to the trivia question "What artist won a Grammy for best new artist after releasing 6 albums over 12 years?" Is she a country singer? Blues? Is she Dusty Springfield reincarnated? Why can't she find a style and stick with it?"
That's what they say anyway, but maybe they're wrong. Maybe Shelby figured out a long time ago who she was and how she wanted to sing. ...
The ironies surrounding Shelby Lynne's sixth album, 1999's "I Am Shelby
Lynne," were as thick as mutant kudzu at the time. After a quintet of
albums that garnered Lynne a ton of peer respect and negligible sales, the
singer/songwriter extricated herself from a Nashville star machine that
seemed determined to sculpt her talent in its witless image.
Lynne moved to California, reinvented herself as herself, enlisted the talents of producer Bill Bottrell ...
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