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Read More Chip Taylor has been writing and releasing music since 1970, so he's no stranger to country folk music fans. In 2001, after meeting a then-new musician Carrie Rodriguez .....
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Carrie Rodriguez's latest album, Give Me All You Got, is out today via Ninth Street Opus. After listening to the best track on the album, "Lake Harriet", I can indeed verify that it is about Minneapolis' lake.
Before I get to the review of the album, I wanted to talk a little about her relationship with Minneapolis from this country singer from Austin, Texas.
When I was reviewing She Ain't Me, I noticed that one of the best song on the album was written by Dan Wilson from Minneapolis' Semisonic. Then, about two years ago, in support of her Love & Circumstance she went on tour with Minneapolis' Romantica. Clearly there is something going on with Rodriguez's Minneapolis, having released We Still Love Our Country with Romantica's singer Ben Kyle.
Anyway, I'll report back from her Minneapolis show at the Cedar Cultural Center on April 14th, but I suspect there will be some special guest appearances and a standup applause for "Lake Harriet."
Let's get back to Give Me All You Got, this is generally an upbeat Americana/country/bluegrass album. "Devil In Mind" sets the tone of the album, with a little fun with "a girl just passing through" with "devil in mind." The song would later resurface on the album as a straight instrumental piece, just to remind you of that sip of that "Baltimore Lady."
Half the album is written or co-written by Rodriguez's mentor and song writing partner, Chip Taylor. Those songs seems to be about love and relationship ("Sad Joy", "I Cry For Love", "Cut Me Now"). She even manage to squeeze in a Ben Kyle song ("Get Back In Love"), which I thought was the slowest song on the album.
When Rodriguez is at her best, are on her "Lake Harriet" and "I Don't Mind Waiting" songs, the latter is a duet with (I am assuming Romantica's guitarist) Luke Jacobs. Jacobs actually collaborated on a few other songs, but I thought "I Don't Mind Waiting" was the best. The song sounded like an old 50s love song, and I found myself anticipating and singing along to the lyrics:
Before I get to the review of the album, I wanted to talk a little about her relationship with Minneapolis from this country singer from Austin, Texas.
When I was reviewing She Ain't Me, I noticed that one of the best song on the album was written by Dan Wilson from Minneapolis' Semisonic. Then, about two years ago, in support of her Love & Circumstance she went on tour with Minneapolis' Romantica. Clearly there is something going on with Rodriguez's Minneapolis, having released We Still Love Our Country with Romantica's singer Ben Kyle.
Anyway, I'll report back from her Minneapolis show at the Cedar Cultural Center on April 14th, but I suspect there will be some special guest appearances and a standup applause for "Lake Harriet."
Let's get back to Give Me All You Got, this is generally an upbeat Americana/country/bluegrass album. "Devil In Mind" sets the tone of the album, with a little fun with "a girl just passing through" with "devil in mind." The song would later resurface on the album as a straight instrumental piece, just to remind you of that sip of that "Baltimore Lady."
Half the album is written or co-written by Rodriguez's mentor and song writing partner, Chip Taylor. Those songs seems to be about love and relationship ("Sad Joy", "I Cry For Love", "Cut Me Now"). She even manage to squeeze in a Ben Kyle song ("Get Back In Love"), which I thought was the slowest song on the album.
When Rodriguez is at her best, are on her "Lake Harriet" and "I Don't Mind Waiting" songs, the latter is a duet with (I am assuming Romantica's guitarist) Luke Jacobs. Jacobs actually collaborated on a few other songs, but I thought "I Don't Mind Waiting" was the best. The song sounded like an old 50s love song, and I found myself anticipating and singing along to the lyrics:
Come and find me in your dreams tonight
I've been waiting on a star
I've only been waiting since time began
Sipping moonshine from a jug
Carrie Rodriguez's Give Me All You Got is out now.
The "Give Me All You Got" tour kicks off tomorrow at Dan’s Silverleaf in Denton, Texas.
I've been waiting on a star
I've only been waiting since time began
Sipping moonshine from a jug
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01/24/13 - McGonigel’s Mucky - Houston, TX
01/25/13 - Stateside at Paramount - Austin, TX 01/26/13 - Kessler Theater - Dallas, TX 01/27/13 - Blue Door - Oklahoma City, OK 01/29/13 - Hi Tone Cafe - Memphis, TN 01/30/13 - 3rd & Lindsley - Nashville, TN 01/31/13 - Natasha’s Bistro - Lexington, KY 02/01/13 - Grey Eagle Music Hall - Asheville, NC 02/02/13 - The Evening Muse - Charlotte, NC 02/05/13 - Club Passim - Cambridge, MA 02/06/13 - Rockwood Music Hall - New York, NY 02/07/13 - Avalon Theatre - Easton, MD 02/08/13 - Artisphere/Dome - Arlington, VA 02/09/13 - World Cafe Live - Philadelphia, PA 02/10/13 - Club Cafe - Pittsburgh, PA 02/13/13 - Old Rock House - St. Louis, MO 02/14/13 - Knuckleheads - Kansas City, MO 02/16/13 - L2 Arts & Culture Center - Denver, CO 02/17/13 - Steve’s Guitars - Carbondale, CO 02/19/13 - State Room - Salt Lake City, UT 02/21/13 - Triple Door - Seattle, WA 02/23/13 - Green Frog Cafe - Bellingham, WA 02/24/13 - Mississippi Studios - Portland, OR 02/26/13 - Arcata Playhouse - Arcata, CA 02/28/13 - Freight & Salvage - Berkeley, CA |
03/01/13 - Sebastopol Comm - Sebastopol, CA 03/02/13 - SLO Brew - San Luis Obispo, CA 03/03/13 - Belly Up - Solana Beach, CA 03/05/13 - Largo @ Coronet - Los Angeles, CA 03/07/13 - Historic Arts Theatre - Prescott, AZ 03/12/13 - SXSW 2013 - Austin, TX 03/13/13 - SXSW 2013 - Austin, TX 03/14/13 - SXSW 2013 - Austin, TX 03/15/13 - SXSW 2013 - Austin, TX 03/16/13 - SXSW 2013 - Austin, TX 03/27/13 - Uncle Slayton’s - Louisville, KY 03/28/13 - Southgate House - Newport, KY 03/29/13 - Natalie’s - Columbus, OH 03/30/13 - Nighttown - Cleveland, OH 04/02/13 - Ark - Ann Arbor, MI 04/04/13 - Severson Dells Nature- Rockford, IL 04/05/13 - SPACE - Evanston, IL 04/06/13 - Legion Arts - Cedar Rapids, IA 04/07/13 - Flying Mango - Des Moines, IA 04/08/13 - Flying Mango - Des Moines, IA 04/09/13 - Sunday Roadhouse - Omaha, NE 04/11/13 - Bloomington Center - Bloomington, IL 04/12/13 - Turner Hall Ballroom - Milwaukee, WI 04/13/13 - Shoulder to Shoulder - Wausau, WI 04/14/13 - Cedar Cultural - Minneapolis, MN |
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