Cook seeks her "Exodus"
The 11 new originals are about heartache and hardship. Cook will start a tour later this month.
Patty Loveless sings backing vocals "Strait Jacket Blues." "Methadone Blues," the first song she penned for the album, has a bright soul kick. The album was produced by Dexter Green and recorded at Sound Emporium and Hidden Valley Studio in Nashville.
Cook, a Florida native, is best known for "Sometimes It Takes Balls To Be a Woman." Cook hosts the morning radio show "Elizabeth Cook's Apron Strings" on the Sirius XM radio station Outlaw Country.
Songs are:
1. Exodus of Venus
2. Dyin'
3. Evacuation
4. Dharma Gate
5. Slow Pain
6. Straight Jacket Love
7. Broke Down In London
8. Methadone Blues
9. Cutting Diamonds
10. Orange Blossom Trail
11. Tabitha Tuders Mama
Tour dates are:
April 22 - Louisville, KY - Zanzabar *
April 23 - Columbus, OH - Rumba Cafe *
April 24 - Amity, PA - Rinky Dinks Roadhouse *
April 26 - Annapolis - Rams Head On Stage *
April 27 - Richmond, VA - Capitol Ale House *
April 28 - Rocky Mount, VA - Harvester Performance Center *
April 29 - Charlotte - Double Door Inn *
April 30 - Maryville, TN - The Shed *
May 6 - Birmingham, AL - Forum Theatre
May 7 - Meridian, MS - Jimmie Rodgers Music Festival
June 15 - New York, NY - Joe's Pub
June 23 - Atlanta, GA - Terminal West
June 24 - Pensacola, FL - Vinyl Music Hall
June 25 - Baton Rouge, LA - Manship Theatre
June 26 - Houston, TX - McGonigel's Mucky Duck
June 28 - Tombal, TX - Main Street Crossing
June 29 - Austin, TX - 3TEN
June 30 - Dallas, TX - The Kessler Theater
July 1 - Memphis, TN - Levitt Shell / Overton Park
* with Derek Hoke
More news for Elizabeth Cook
- 06/18/20: Cook considers the "Aftermath"
- 05/10/12: Cook visits Letterman, slates tour
- 09/27/11: Cook says hi to Craig Ferguson
- 08/15/11: Letterman interviews Elizabeth Cook
- 10/06/10: Elizabeth Cook releases video
- 03/11/10: Elizabeth Cook announces new CD
- 03/31/09: Elizabeth Cook joins Twitty musical cast
- 10/29/07: Elizabeth Cook kicks off satellite radio show
CD reviews for Elizabeth Cook
Elizabeth Cook is one of the new guard of artists (Sturgill Simpson, Margo Price, Ashley Monroe and anyone who's been a Drive-By Trucker, among them) who revere the history of traditional country, but also views it as a foundation for creating new sonic templates that fold in elements of pop, classic rock and anything else that might serve the song at hand. Cook's catalog to date has been a marvel of musical cross-pollination, but "Aftermath" is clearly her most defiantly rock-based work. ...
Elizabeth Cook's "Exodus of Venus" is a difficult record to sit through. Not because of the music, which is filled with high quality sounds from start to finish, but because of its painful content. For instance, when an album features a song with a title like "Methadone Blues," about a drug used to treat heroin addiction, you realize right away you're not in the realm of squeaky clean mainstream country. Cook has had some rough patches along the way, and "Exodus ...
On her latest release (the title is a nod to her father), Elizabeth Cook is as full of sass and vinegar as ever, and her hick valley-girl recitation El Camino ("If I wake up married, I'll have to annul it/Right now my hands are in his mullet"), the marital advice she offers up in Yes to Booty and the wry portrait painted by Rock n Roll Man will likely end up being the record's popular favorites, and for good reason.
But other songs may turn out to be more enduring: ...
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