Joe Manning with Spirits of the Red City @ The Workhouse Ballroom (10.30.2010)

several years ago, i went to see mary gauthier at (imho) one of the worst venues in louisville, uncle pleasant’s. for the reasons that made the place is a great neighborhood bar, it was horrible as a listening room. the place was loud, smokey, people rambling around, talking loudly and getting loaded up fast.

then, this unassuming guy with a full “homeless” beard, seemingly walked on stage from the audience, quietly stood behind the mic and without a word or introduction, started to sing acapella. before the end of the first verse, the place was stunningly quiet and stayed that way for the rest of the set. that guy was joe manning. i’ve been a huge fan ever since.

tonight was one of those “secret” type shows, in was mentioned on joe’s facebook page, only 90 tickets were available @ cherry bomb, a quirky vintage clothing store and you weren’t told of the secret venue until you opened your sealed ticket. and that was one of the coolest parts of a very cool night, the venue, “the workhouse ballroom” was actually long, narrow, “bunker” built into the side of a hill on lexington road. it was easy to assume that this was some kind of weapons storage or safety shelter from the civil war era. all that was visible from outside was a door on the side of the hill, i’ve driven past it many times, never having noticed it before or having any idea of it’s existence. inside, it was long, narrow with rounded walls and ceiling made of hand laid stones, it was literally “underground.”

being halloween eve, about half the crowd was dressed for the holiday, there were mummies, a mozart, nurses, vampires, etc mixed it with the crowd (there appeared to be well over the 90 number announced). it was a “byob” event and everyone seemed to be having a great time and were respectful, appreciative and supportive.

“spirits of the red city,” from minneapolis, opened and they were wonderful. a quirky five piece, their set was all un-mic’ed/un-amped acoustic and the room handeled it perfectly. i knew virtually nothing about them and really enjoyed their set. they are definitely worth looking into.

next up, ironically, joe started the night much like the first time i saw him, unannounced, with people still milling about, he (joined by the lovely joan shelly) opened with a quiet acapella and within a few seconds, the room was still and quiet. for the rest of his set, until the last few songs, when joan rejoined him. joe was accompanied by his longtime friend and bandmate in “the obscure handsome brothers,” glen dentinger. they played about 45 minutes of originals by joe, and these guys lay down some of the most incredible harmonies that you will ever hear. amazing stuff.

joan came back up for the last three songs, the first of which was her beautiful song, “unbound,” joe introduced it “as a hundred year old song that joan just wrote,” it could be. and they ended the set much as it was begun, with joan and joe nailing and old, traditional irish folk song, acapella.

i’m so glad i went to see mary in that shitty little bar years ago and found joe’s music…

(it was too dark in the place to get any pictures, and there is nothing that i can find on youtube of joe, here’s a video of joe joining joan on “unbound.”)

Press Release: OVER THE RHINE’S FORTHCOMING ALBUM, THE LONG SURRENDER, ENLISTS PRODUCTION BY JOE HENRY

OVER THE RHINE’S FORTHCOMING ALBUM, THE LONG SURRENDER, ENLISTS PRODUCTION BY JOE HENRY
Due out January 11, 2011,

the album they call “a record we couldn’t imagine in advance” marks the duo’s 20th year.

Lucinda Williams makes a vocal appearance.

LOS ANGELES, Calif. — The Long Surrender, the new studio album from the southern Ohio-based husband-and-wife team of multi-instrumentalist/vocalist Linford Detweiler and vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Karin Bergquist, otherwise known as Over the Rhine, is something rare and wondrous — an intimate epic. The fan-funded record, to be released January 11, 2011 on OtR’s own Great Speckled Dog label (named for the couple’s Great Dane, Elroy), marks 20 years since their 1991 debut. It’s the bountiful result of a collaboration between the couple and Joe Henry, whose songs they’ve long admired.

“Joe has been quietly making records (well not that quietly, he has won at least two Grammys) that don’t sound like other records bring made in 2010,” says Detweiler. “They are a little bit dark and cinematic and funky and unpredictable. It seems like he loves to help performers who have already covered a lot of miles — Mavis Staples, Elvis Costello, Solomon Burke, Loudon Wainwright III, Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Mose Allison, Allen Toussaint — rediscover the soul of what they do in a new light.” The Long Surrender was recorded at Henry’s Garfield House studio in South Pasadena, Calif.

“With The Long Surrender, our vision was to make a record we couldn’t imagine in advance,” says Detweiler. “We wanted to be surprised. We wanted to remain open, let the record unfold in real time. Fortunately, Joe loves to be surprised as well.”

The album’s title “speaks to our ongoing desire to let go of certain expectations — and much of what we are convinced we know for sure — in favor of remaining open and curious,” Bergquist explains. “It seems like so many of our friends are currently wrestling with various forms of ‘letting go,’ so hopefully the ideas conjured by the title feel somewhat universal. And I think the title speaks to the arc of a lifetime commitment to writing and performing regardless of recognition. Learning when to work and when to let go. Learning to leave room for grace to billow our sails occasionally. Learning not to white-knuckle everything.”

In his liner notes, as much free verse as prose, Henry writes, “Before their arrival on my turf, my communication with them had been a fast flurry of emails, occasional phone conferences and songs that I’d find sporadically in my morning inbox. I had pictured Karin and Linford in the attic of their Civil War-era house in the rural outskirts of Cincinnati, huddled beneath a swinging bare bulb, shooing away pigeons and confiding songs-in-progress into an old German-made reel-to-reel recorder . . . I am not suggesting that these songs as I first heard them sounded in any way anachronistic, but rather that they shimmered in some amber band of light that stood outside of time . . . hung like blue smoke in rafters. And Karin and Linford brought with them, in fact, the greatest gift one can bring to a collaborative outing — that being an abiding faith in and a continuing wonder at the mystery involved in the process.”

The May 2010 sessions at The Garfield House enlisted drummer Jay Bellerose, bassist David Piltch, pedal steel and all-things-stringed player Greg Leisz, keyboard sound-scapists Keefus Cianca and Patrick Warren and Joe’s son Levon on tenor sax, along with soul singers James Gilstrap, Niki Haris and Jean McClain. Lucinda Williams, of whom Detweiler and Bergquist are longtime fans, traded lines with Bergquist on the song “Undamned,” which evokes a campfire gathering under a canopy of stars in a John Ford Western.

Even more than their earlier records, The Long Surrender seamlessly interweaves the disparate strains that form the many-colored crazy quilt of American music. “We’re really only reflecting what we’ve already heard,” Detweiler explains, “a mix of all the music we grew up with and were drawn to . . . But when this music is reflected back to the listener through the filter of our own particular lives, it hopefully becomes a different experience for those with ears to hear.”

As Henry puts it, “We settled for luminance over order, a terse beauty and a smeared-lipstick brand of soul. I am not in the business of dispelling mysteries, only abiding them when invited. Mystery is life’s strange and glorious weather, so to speak. And this time, Over the Rhine brought it with them.”

Over the Rhine will preview The Long Surrender over a series of fall tour dates, the centerpiece of which is “Over the Rhine Across the West” , a five-day music festival held November 5-10 aboard railroad cars from Los Angeles to Santa Fe, across the Mohave Desert, tracing the lines of Route 66, “the Mother Road,” and then by chartered motor-coach to the Painted Desert, the Petrified Forest, Winslow, AZ and the Grand Canyon, before re-boarding for the return trip. Also featured are Lucy Wainwright Roche, Mickey Grimm and Swan Dive, as well as photographer Michael Wilson and naturalist Lynn Neal.

Other fall and winter shows:

Fri., Nov. 12 LOS ANGELES, CA Troubadour *
Sat., Nov. 13 SAN FRANCISCO, CA Great American Music Hall *
Mon, Nov. 15 EUGENE, OR W.O.W. Hall *
Wed., Nov. 17 PORTLAND, OR Aladdin Theater *
Fri.-Sun., Nov. 19, 20 & 21 SEATTLE, WA Triple Door *
Fri., Dec. 3 MARION, OH Palace Theatre
Sat., Dec. 4 KENT, OH Kent Stage
Sun., Dec. 5 ANN ARBOR, MI The Ark
Tues., Dec. 7 COLUMBUS, OH Lincoln Theatre
Fri., Dec. 10 LOUISVILLE, KY Bomhard Theater
Sat., Dec. 11 CHICAGO, IL Old Town School of Folk Music (7 & 10 p.m.)
Fri., Dec. 17 CINCINNATI, OH The Long Surrender Premiere at the
Jarson-Kaplan Theatre (in the Aronoff Center)
Sat., Dec. 18 CINCINNATI, OH Taft Theatre (with special guest Joe Henry)
Sun., Dec. 19 NORWOOD, OH St. Elizabeth’s

(*shows with special guest Lucy Wainwright Roche)

Spirits of the Red City and Joe Manning in Mixed Company/10.30.2010

one of my favorite local artists, joe manning, has sent out a couple of cryptic type messages on his facebook page about a secret type show this saturday night.

Less than a week to get your tickets for the Spirits of the Red City and Joe Manning in Mixed Company at the Workhouse Ballroom. Tickets can only be purchased at Cherry Bomb, the address for the venue is printed on the ticket…Sat. Oct 30th!

Tickets to the Oct. 30 show at the Workhouse Ballroom went on sale at Cherry Bomb this weekend. only 90 tickets will be sold for this event. Joe Manning and Spirits of the Red City in the most amazing venue in Louisivlle Ky. bar none. Tickets are cash only and can only be purchased at Cherry Bomb.

i’m in, bought my ticket yesterday.

*cherry bomb is a very funky/cool vintage clothing store on bardstown road in louisville

Grace Potter and the Nocturnals @ Headliner’s (10.14.2010)

to put it simply, grace potter and the nocturnals rock. they are an absolute joy to watch and hear perform. a tight band with great musicianship and an incredible lyricist, vocalist and front woman, she also plays a mean hammond b-3 and better than average guitarist.

the place was packed and everest did a nice job as an opener and getting the crowd ready. and then grace strolled out after the nocturnals took the stage and lit the place up, holding the audience in the palm of her hand for the next 2 hours. she is truly a commanding presence on stage.

while i’m not really crazy about the new record, mostly due to production issues, the songs are wonderful live and she slides back into the catalog well and throws in a couple of covers (white rabbit) for good measure. and while grace is the unquestionable draw, i would be remiss not to mention the blistering guitar work of scott tournet on lead guitar and the solid rhythm guitar work of bennie yurco, and with one of the best rhythm sections of catherine popper on bass and matt burr on drums, in the business, they truly play as a singular unit.

this was the 5th or 6th time that i have seen them and i love ’em more and more each time.

check ’em out, go see ’em.

more info @ grace potter and the nocturnals

Cheyenne Marie Mize with Ólöf Arnalds and Doug Paisley/Louisville (10.16.2010)

the eagles playing the inaugural show in a large corporate arena…or a local girl playing a show with a guy from toronto and a couple from iceland in an old church, what to do, what to do? in my opinion, such an easy decision, a no brainer.

head to the old church.

each of the artists played about a 45 minute set, all acoustic.

the evening opened with the guy from toronto, doug paisley, i was completely unfamiliar with him and his music, and loved every moment of his opening set. he played a very quiet set of great originals. his writing is strong and literal and he has a quiet, hushed but, very expressive voice that perfectly matches his music and writing style.

next up was Ólöf Arnalds, and i will openly say that i have been hesitant to embrace the whole icelandic music phenom of sigor ros, bjork, etc, often dismissing it as lame hipster chic. i will admit, i was not looking towards this part of the show with much anticipation. damn, was i wrong.

after finally getting over the mental block and accepting that i wasn’t going to be able to understand a single word she was singing, i sat back and just listened. her voice then took over the air as an instrument to me, and what a beautiful one it was. and odd balance between operatic and broadway. the quiet, sensitive vocals were overwhelming. she was accompanied by a friend (not going to embarrass myself and even attempt his name), they opened the set with him improvising on the church organ then joining her on acoustic guitar the rest of the evening. on top of the stunning voice, they delivered some subtle, quietly beautiful finger picking on the guitars. also, on top of everything else working for them, they were charming, disarming personalities who obviously love what they are doing and sharing it with others. and while their original music was the highlight of the set, late in, she said that she felt inspired to do something that might be “unholy” (considering they were playing in a church) and after some extended finger-picking on their guitars, she rolled into “he little girl is your daddy home, did he go and leave you all alone…” and delivered a wonderful cover of bruce springsteen’s “i’m on fire.” the juxtiposition of her quiet, almost angelic voice and the lyrics of that song, couldn’t help but bring a smile to your face. while i don’t think i’m ready, based on what i’ve heard, the whole “icelandic thing,” i’d go see these two again in a heartbeat, i loved them.

cheyenne marie mize, the host and originator of the evening closed out the night, with pretty much what i’ve come to expect from her. a set of beautifully delivered, inspired original music. tonight was was no exception and the official release show for her re-release of “born lately” on the son a blast label (see earlier post).

tonight, cheyenne was joined by joan shelly for a couple of songs and played mostly electric guitar (and no fiddle). she played several songs from “born lately” and introduced a couple of new one’s that will hopefully find their way on to a new release in the near future.

cheyenne will be embarking on her first extensive tour thru the US this month, catch her if she’s anywhere near you. you won’t be disappointed:
10/15 – Columbus, OH @ Wexner Center Performance Space#
10/16 – Louisville, KY @ Christ Evangelical United Church#
10/17 – Gambier, OH @ The Horn Gallery at Kenyon College*
10/18 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace*
10/19 – Montreal, QB @ Il Motore*
10/20 – Boston, MA @ TT The Bears*
10/21 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Sycamore^
10/23 – Brooklyn, NY @ Surreal Estate^
10/24 – Philadelphia, PA @ M Room*
10/25 – Baltimore, MD @ Sonar Club Stage*
10/27 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506*
10/28 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade*
10/29 – Nashville, TN @ 3rd & Lindsley*
10/30 – Memphis, TN @ Young Avenue Deli*
11/01 – Dallas, TX @ Prophet Bar*
11/02 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s*
11/04 – Scottsdale, AZ @ Martini Ranch*
11/05 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Hotel Café*
11/06 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Hotel Café*
11/07 – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Shop*
11/08 – Arcata, CA @ Playhouse
11/11 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios Apartment
11/16 – Bloomington, IN @ Bishop

# w/ Ólöf Arnalds
^ w/ Christopher Paul Stelling
* w/ Johnny Flynn

Joan Shelley @ ear x-tacy (10.16.2010)

this afternoon, joan shelley played a very nice set, featuring music from her recent independent release “by dawnlight,” at ear x-tacy.

joan brought along a couple of friends to help her out, they happened to be my two favorite local artists; joe manning on guitar and vocals and her maiden radio bandmate, cheyenne mize on fiddle.

“by dawnlight,” joan’s first disc was released earlier in the year and is really a wonderful little record. well worth your time, effort and hard earned money. you can have a free listen (but support the artist and go ahead and buy it too) @ http://joanshelley.bandcamp.com/album/by-dawnlight

cheyenne marie mize

joe manning

Over the Rhine – “THE LONG SURRENDER” (tracklist & cover art revealed)

Over the Rhine will be releasing their newest CD, “The Long Surrender” produced by Joe Henry and featuring a duet with Karin and Lucinda Williams on 1.11.11 (see post from 10.10 for additional info), below is the recently revealed tracklist.

1- The Laugh of Recognition
2- The Sharpest Blade
3- Rave On
4- Soon
5-Undamned (w/Lucinda)
6- Infamous Love Song
7- Only God Can Save Us Now
8- Oh Yeah By The way
9- The King Knows How
10- There’s A Bluebird In My Heart
11- Days Like This
12- All My Favorite People
13- Unsung

Cover photo by Michael Wilson

Cheyenne Marie Mize @ ear x-tacy (10.12.2010)

to celebrate the re-release of her stellar cd, “born lately” on the sonablast label today, cheyenne mize played a wonderful solo set @ ear x-tacy tonight. cheyenne accompanied herself on acoustic guitar and “her favotite new intrument,” a multivox keyboard.

the new release of the cd has new packaging and 3 additional songs; lull (featuring ben sollee on tenor banjo), not (with wax fang’s kevin ratterman) and the steven stills penned, doctor (aka: “the doctor will see you now,” recorded as a demo by stills but never released). all three are welcome additions and fit in nicelty to the record, which was already one of my favorite releases for the first half of the year (in it’s shorter, independent release form).

as always, cheyenne delivered another great set, she just keeps getting better and better with each show, leaving me looking even more forward to her full show coming up this saturday night.

it’s really a nice opportunity as a music lover to be able to watch such a great talent sort of bloom right in front of your eyes.

cheyenne will be kicking off her first full fledged solo national tour this week, see her if you get the chance. you will not regret it.

North American Tour

10/15 – Columbus, OH @ Wexner Center Performance Space#
10/16 – Louisville, KY @ Christ Evangelical United Church#
10/17 – Gambier, OH @ The Horn Gallery at Kenyon College*
10/18 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Palace*
10/19 – Montreal, QB @ Il Motore*
10/20 – Boston, MA @ TT The Bears*
10/21 – Brooklyn, NY @ The Sycamore^
10/23 – Brooklyn, NY @ Surreal Estate^
10/24 – Philadelphia, PA @ M Room*
10/25 – Baltimore, MD @ Sonar Club Stage*
10/27 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506*
10/28 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade*
10/29 – Nashville, TN @ 3rd & Lindsley*
10/30 – Memphis, TN @ Young Avenue Deli*
11/01 – Dallas, TX @ Prophet Bar*
11/02 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s*
11/04 – Scottsdale, AZ @ Martini Ranch*
11/05 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Hotel Café*
11/06 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Hotel Café*
11/07 – San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Shop*
11/08 – Arcata, CA @ Playhouse
11/11 – Portland, OR @ Mississippi Studios Apartment
11/16 – Bloomington, IN @ Bishop

# w/ Ólöf Arnalds
^ w/ Christopher Paul Stelling
* w/ Johnny Flynn

Cheyenne Marie Mize – Before Lately (re-release) & ear x-tacy performance (10.12.2010)

tomorrow (10.12) strong>cheyenne marie mize’s wonderful independent release “before lately,” after being picked up by a label, will be rereleased, with new cover art and a couple of extra tracks. to celebrate and support this rerelease she will be performing an in-store @ ear x-tacy (@ 7:00PM). this (her independent release of “born lately”) was one of my top 10 picks of the first half of the year.

cheyenne will also be playing a full show saturday evening, october 16th, at the beautiful christ evangelical church in the highlands.

here is a little info on cheyenne and “born lately“:

Cheyenne Marie Mize doesn’t need gimmickry, wild instrumentation — or for that matter, antecedents. Who needs all that when the music you make is exceptionally your own? Her upcoming release, “Before Lately”, is a mighty record, sometimes sounding like the country-tinged Americana of Eleni Mandell, the piano balladry of Carole King, with a dash of Samantha Crain and Shelby Lynne. The strength of Mize’s music is how she coats the bitter with a sugary topping. Her voice is the angelic part, but the devil is in the other details: she has an eclectic ear for melody, fanciful musical transitions, dreamy tones and earthy lyricism. The writing is severely honest, cutting straight to the chase like a shot of whiskey. Each song is titled with one word. No disguises here. “Before Lately” is a debut made with a veteran’s acumen.

The heartbreak opener, “Best”, sounds like Mandell on “Snakebite”, swaying with a countrified-twang guitar and dark, deep, bluesy repeated refrains, “I tried my hardest to be what you wanted / But now, we both see, it was all for the best / It was all for the best / I left and you thought I would be brokenhearted / I didn’t expect you to ever forgive me.” Unexpectedly, Mize shift gears with the second track, “Waiting”, a song that feels like some ‘Alice In Wonderland’ lullaby, with chimes, crying guitar and a drowsy sway. “Rest” is a shady sundown on the front-porch — a song about seeking repose in the warm glow of the person you love. It’s a credit to Mize’s talent that she can sing so forthright about love without sounding cliché. “Rest” is reminiscent of those lovely ballads written by musicians Julie and Buddy Miller. It’s a golden outpouring. Songwriting at its highest peak, rising through sheer simplicity of expression. There’s such a purity to every nuance.

Just as good, if not better, is the graceful “Lull”. A piano drips. Short phrases, drawn out notes. Like Erik Satie’s “Gymnopedies”. A banjo, sparse and crooked, tries its best to find comfort. Mize’s voice joins this gossamer pairing, stretching itself across them with a gentle morning ease, “Holding fast to you / In the late summer time / The love / Of warmth / Of skin / And of breathing / Rising / Falling / If only your love could cycle this / Slowly / This / Slowly / I / Slowly I wake and realize / That I am holding fast to you.” Typing the verse out doesn’t come close to doing justice to her phrasing and annunciation. (Or the fact that the lyrics circle back to the original line, just like the singer wishing for a ‘cycling’ or rebirth of love.) Mize sings the verses with subtle stumbles, and butterfly flutters, breaking apart words like a slow unraveling of both love and lyric. The last vibration of the piano hammer hitting the string is a reverberation of pure noblesse. It’s the song of nymphs and lotus-eaters falling into narcotic summer slumbers filled with scents of plum and melon.

“Kind” is built around a repeating double-tracked chorus, with bossa-nova styled guitar. “Not” feels like the sister-song to “Best”, another song centered around a crumbling relationship. It’s a heart-searing torch ballad, ala Fiona Apple. Where some of the lyrics many seem soft, the earnestness of Mize’s voice, mixed with sad strings, lifts the track with its sincerity. It’s hard not to feel the heartache, and the overwhelming nature of love having slipped away. “Path” plays like a heatwave in search of a cool patch of grass to lay down in. Wind chimes and a distant rattle are faintly heard in the background, as a running western guitar line plays underneath vocals sung like a mantra. A steel guitar carries “Friend” down an Appalachian pathway, dusty and graveled, in search of shelter from the oncoming stormy weather. A standout track, “With(out)”, is a song about the inner struggles of love, wanting to give yourself away completely, and yet knowing it may mean giving more than you want to give. It will be interesting to see where Mize goes after this. This album hangs on the edge of Americana, country, folk, jazz, blues, and piano pop. One gets the feeling Mize can do anything she wants. It’s only a matter of what she chooses to do next.

Note: Mize introduced herself musically on the 10-inch release “Among the Gold” – a collection of late 19th century American parlor music handpicked by her and Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy. “Before Lately” will be out October 12th, 2010 via sonaBLAST! Records. (Lyrics in this review are not official.) — David D. Robbins Jr.

“The Long Surrender” – Over the Rhine

over the rhine is doing a “private listening party” for their upcoming release “the long surrender” this weekend. this preview, as a way of saying “thank you” from karin and linford, is exclusively for a group of early donors who contributed early and helped finance the joe henry produced project.

listeners were asked to share their thought on the band’s facebook page, here are a few of them:

Kent: “It is such a thrill to have been given the opportunity to be a part of this. Thank you for delivering another one of a kind OTR gift of beautiful music. I don’t know who said it, but I always feel it when I listen to your music…..It’s like a conversation with people that care about things that matter.   
Robyn: “I may just sit here all night…”
Kara: “This is making my night. Thank you!”
Jacob: “3 songs in and loving it. Wonderful. And Joe Henry’s production is everything I hoped it would be. Thanks so much for sharing it early.”
Nicole: “truly Loving it… Gorgeous lyrics as Always.. have my wine, my chocolate and my OtR… perfect way to spend Friday night.. Thank you!!!”
Benjamin: “One more track for the soundtrack of my life. Thank you.”
Bill: “Absolutely brilliant. A masterpiece.”
Scott: “OK, I’m on my third consecutive listen to “Undamned.” Stunning.”
Erv: “Oh my god, what a beautiful gift – listening now for the first time, tears at the corners of my eyes…”
Lisa: “And all was right with the world again…”
Stephanie: “listening to this album makes me feel known. loved, even. so thankful for you sharing your lives and gifts with the us.”
Clay: “gorgeous in so. many. different. ways.”
Steve: “Incredible record OTR, incredible……beautiful songs and Joe Henry is a master at the production board.”
Barbara: “Stunning. I’m already addicted to Sharpest Blade, as well as All My Favorite People. But the whole record is pure ear candy; it’s vintage OtR with a twist! Henry’s production is spot-on. Can’t wait to hear these songs LIVE next month! Thank you Karin & Linford for such a beautiful work of art.”
Sarah: “This is like medicine for my soul after a very sad week at my house. “There’s something to be said for tenacity…I’ll hold on to you, you hold on to me.”
Trudy: “Oh my word. This album is gorgeous. I am absolutely loving it. A masterpiece is an understatement.”
Susan: “I’m on my 2nd listen to the new stuff and I’m just amazed. The lyrics touch me deeply, and Karin….I didn’t think it was possible to improve on your voice, but it sounds better than ever. Your collaboration with Joe Henry has brought forth an amazing collection of songs. I can’t wait for the CD so I can listen to …”
Erik: “I’m so grateful for you. I can already feel the words from “The Long Surrender” begin to work on me and move in me. Your music has helped, comforted, shaped me, and changed me in so many ways. Thank you for letting us be a part, however small, of your journey for “The Long Surrender.”

me: “yep, that’s all pretty accurate. it’s a brilliant piece of work, first note to last.”

the long surrender will be released on 1.11.11

more info @ overtherhine.com