Amy Ray - Holler - VINYL LP

2018 . Amy Ray, one-half of Grammy-winning folk duo Indigo Girls, releases Holler, her sixth solo album. Featuring 14 original tracks, Holler is inspired by traditional country, Southern rock, mountain music, gospel and bluegrass. Recorded with Ray's touring band at Echo Mountain Studios in Asheville, NC, the album features vocal cameos by Vince Gill, Brandi Carlile, Justin Vernon and Rutha Mae Harris of The Freedom Singers and more. Ray explores love, addiction, immigration, despair, honky tonks, lie on the road, being born in the midst of the civil rights movement, and the constant struggle to find balance. Ray says InchThe band and I recorded Holler live to analog tape at Echo Mountain Studio in Asheville, NC, over a 10 day period in January 2018. There is a tip of the hat to the great Jim Ford 1969 , Harlan County. With songs inspired by, the film Winters Bone; and the Appalachian poet Byron Herbert Reece; as well as the great writer, Toni Cade Bambara. Following my first 2104 country record, which was my 5th solo studio , this record is a natural progression from the stillness of a Goodnight Tender to the friction, freedom and restlessness of a Holler, with the addition of strings and horns to bring the swagger. Album Tracks 1. Gracie's Dawn 2. Sure Feels Good Anyway 3. Dadgum Down 4. Last Taxi Fare 5. Old Lady Interlude 6. Sparrow's Boogie 7. Oh City Man 8. Fine with the Dark 9. Tonight I'm Paying the Rent 10. Holler 11. Jesus Was a Walking Man 12. Sparrow's Lullaby 13. Bondsman (Evening in Missouri) 14. Didn't Know a Damn Thing

Amy Helm created a map of memories on Silver City. She brings her experiences as a single mother, her family's legacies, her blessings and curses into focus as conversations that travel through time celebrating womanhood. The torchbearer of Levon Helm's legacy in Woodstock, Amy is as heart-forward a performer and songwriter. She brings an inspirational horn-driven groove to InchMoney on 7,Inch a letter to her sons on InchHwy 81,Inch and gets behind the drums on InchBaby Come Back.Inch Album Tracks 1. Love Supreme 2. Money on 7 3. Baby Come Back 4. If I Was King 5. Silver City 6. Hwy 81 7. Dear Luoisiana 8. Amen Anyway 9. Mt. Guardian 10. Alameda

Vinyl LP pressing. 2018 , the first album in five years from the Canadian jazz singer. Produced by Grammy Award winning producer Russ Titelman (Eric Clapton, Randy Newman, Ricki Lee Jones), and arranged by pianist extraordinaire Larry Goldings, Holly, was mostly recorded at Sear Sound Studio in New York City alongside an exemplary cast of both New York and Toronto based musicians. The recording comes complete with classics including InchThey Can't Take That Away From MeInch, InchEverybody Loves SomebodyInch and InchTeach Me TonightInch which showcase Holly's dynamic artistry while bringing currency to these timeless tracks. On creating the album, Holly recounts, InchWhen I made this record I didn't know what to expect. All I knew was that I was excited; excited to work with producer Russ Titelman, excited to work at Sear Sound Studio in New York, a wonderful studio I had recorded songs from my InchTemptationInch recording in and excited to record with a whole new band that Russ Titelman had assembled.Inch Album Tracks 1. I'm Beginning to See the Light 2. Your Mind Is on Vacation 3. I Was Doing Alright 4. It Could Happen to You 5. Ain't That a Kick in the Head 6. Teach Me Tonight 7. We've Got a World That Swings 8. They Can't Take That Away from Me 9. Everybody Loves Somebody Sometime 10. I Could Write a Book 11. Lazy Afternoon