Mandell lights up

Following a visit to the Country Music Hall of Fame while on tour with her two young children, Mandell was inspired by and reflected on her classic country influence. After listening to Roger Miller, who her kids fell in love with, she "was really struck by how simple his production was, and how central his voice and how open the sound was on the record. It was really organic. There aren't a lot of layers, and the melody and his voice and the words were more beautiful for it. It made me want to de-clutter and strip away and make something simple that still sounded full and beautiful."

With that sound in mind and at the production helm of her 10th album, Mandell entered longtime collaborator and co-producer Sheldon Gomberg's Silver Lake studio, assembling all of the musicians together in a single room with only acoustic instruments. Cut live in four days, the album features Mandell on vocals and acoustic guitar, Jake Blanton (acoustic guitar), Ryan Feves (upright bass), Nate Walcott (piano, trumpet, flugelhorn) and Mike Green (drums, tambourine).

Mandel's debut Wishbone was released in 1999, followed by Thrill (2000/Zedtone), Snakebite (2001/Zedtone), Country for True Lovers (2003/Zedtone), Afternoon (2004/Zedtone), Miracle of Five (2007/Zedtone), Artificial Fire (2009/Zedtone), I Can See The Future (2012/Yep Roc), and Let's Fly A Kite (2014/Yep Roc). She's also a member of the indie folk supergroup The Living Sisters with Inara George and Becky Stark, who have released two albums.

Songs are:
1. I'm Old Fashioned
2. What Love Can Do
3. Someone To Love Like You
4. Cold Snap
5. China Garden Buffet
6. Town Called Heartache
7. Old Lady
8. Magic Pair Of Shoes
9. If You Wanna Get Kissed
10. Baby, Don't Call
11. Butter Blonde and Chocolate Brown
12. Do It Again