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Natalie Merchant — Natalie Merchant (2014)

 Natalie Merchant — Natalie Merchant (May 6, 2014)

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¬   “‘quietly magnificent’” (Ben Tais Amundssen)
¬   Nonesuch Records has released Natalie Merchant’s sixth solo album. This self–titled and self produced collection of 10 new and original songs is her first offering in 13 years. Lead singer for 10,000 Maniacs from the early ‘80s until her departure in 1993, and a solo act thereafter with even more success.
Birth name: Natalie Anne Merchant
Born:  October 26, 1963, Jamestown, New York, USA
Location: New York
Album release: May 6, 2014
Record Label: Nonesuch
Duration:     49:31
Tracks:
01 Ladybird     6:40
02 Maggie Said     4:29
03 Texas     5:05
04 Go Down Moses     5:04
05 Seven Deadly Sins     4:53
06 Giving Up Everything     4:23
07 Black Sheep     4:11
08 It's A-Coming     3:52
09 Lulu (introduction)     1:04
10 Lulu     4:19
11 The End     5:11
© 2014 NATALIE MERCHANT AND NONESUCH RECORDS
CREDITS:
MUSICIANS:
¬   Natalie Merchant, vocals (1–8, 10, 11)
¬   Gabriel Gordon, electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 6-8, 10), acoustic guitar (1–5, 7, 9)
¬   Erik Della Penna, electric guitar (1, 2, 4, 7, 8), lap steel guitar (3, 5), acoustic guitar (9)
¬   Uri Sharlin, grand piano (1, 4, 10), Wurlitzer piano (2), accordion (5), electric piano (7), upright tack piano (9, 10)
¬   John Medeski, organ (1, 4), electric keyboard (2)
¬   Jesse Murphy, electric bass (1, 2, 4, 6, 7), acoustic bass (5, 10), tuba (9)
¬   Shawn Pelton, drums (1, 2, 4–7)
¬   Johanna Warren, backing vocals (1, 2, 6)
¬   Simi Stone, backing vocals (1, 4)
¬   Tamar-kali, backing vocals (1)
¬   Lisa Kim, Sharon Yamada, violin (1, 6, 10, 11)
¬   Quan Ge, Joanna Maurer, Liz Lim, Sein Ryu, violin (1, 6, 11)
¬   Robert Rinehart, viola (1, 6, 10, 11)
¬   Vivek Kamath, viola (1)
¬   Alan Stepansky, cello (1, 6, 10, 11)
¬   Wei Yu, cello (1)
¬   John Patitucci, double bass (1)
¬   Jeremy McCoy, double bass (1, 6, 11)
¬   Stephen Barber, string arrangement (1), string & woodwind arrangement (10)
¬   Sandra Park, orchestra contractor (1, 6, 10, 11)
¬   Jacob Owen, copyist (1, 11)
¬   Elizabeth Mitchell, backing vocals (2, 6)
¬   Marc Friedman, electric bass (3, 8)
¬   Andrew Barr, drums (3, 8)
¬   Corliss Stafford, vocals (4)
¬   Clark Gayton, horn arrangement (4), trombone & tuba (4, 5)
¬   Eddie Allen, trumpet & flugelhorn (4, 5)
¬   Kyle Armbrust, viola (6, 11)
¬   Ru Pie Yeh, cello (6, 11)
¬   Kurt Muroki, double bass (6, 11)
¬   Nadége Foofat, Tony Finno, string arrangement (6, 11)
¬   Steve Elson, saxophones & clarinet (7)
¬   Jonathan Dreyden, organ (8)
¬   Kenny Wollesen, drums & percussion (9, 10)
¬   Mindy Kaufmann, flute (10)
¬   Anthony McGill, clarinet (10)
¬   Marc Goldberg, bassoon (10)
PRODUCTION CREDITS:
¬   Produced by Natalie Merchant
¬   Recorded by Eli Walker & George Cowan with the exception of “It’s a-Coming” & “Texas,” recorded by Paul Antonell & Eli Walker
¬   Recorded at The Clubhouse, Rhinebeck, NY
¬   Additional string & woodwind sessions recorded at Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY
¬   Mixed by Eli Walker at The Magic Shop, New York, NY
¬   Assistant engineer at The Clubhouse: Bella Blasko
¬   Assistant engineers at Electric Lady Studios: John Horne & Elizabeth Bauer
¬   Assistant engineers at The Magic Shop: Kabir Hermon & Alex Nappi
¬   Project coordinator: Jennifer McKinley, assisted by Summer Damon
All songs written by Natalie Merchant
¬   Published by Indian Love Bride © 2013 ASCAP
¬   Photography by Dan Winters
¬   Package Design by F. Ron Miller
REVIEW
By Neil McCormick, 4:04 PM BST, 02 May 2014;  Score: *****
¬   Natalie Merchant's first album of original material in 13 years resonates with class.
¬   Were she more prolific, Natalie Merchant would probably be regarded in the first tier of American singer-songwriters, alongside such poetic mavericks as Tom Waits and Randy Newman.
¬   She rose to prominence with the folk-inflected ’80s rock of 10,000 Maniacs but her solo career has offered something deeper and richer. This is her first album of original material in 13 years (there have been covers and children’s songs) and it resonates with class.
¬   There is something quietly magnificent about her vocal presence, always perfectly set in unshowy arrangements that blend organic instrumentation with sombre yet luxurious orchestral shading. She evokes a more soulful Joan Baez, balancing sensuous languor with austere seriousness.
¬   It could almost be coffee-table smooth were it not for the spiky intelligence of her writing, drawing you into piercing character studies that thicken with each musical brushstroke. Every phrase seems properly accounted for.
¬   Maggie Said is a tender account of an elderly woman’s hardened nuggets of wisdom, Go Down Moses summons a gospel vocal shadow to emphasise burning anger at the tragedy of New Orleans, while Giving Up Everything is quite extraordinary; an orchestral poem of spiritual surrender that offers up a gorgeously bleak depiction of “the whole magnificent emptiness”.
(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/)
Website: http://www.nataliemerchant.com/
Label: http://www.nonesuch.com/albums/natalie-merchant
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NatalieMerchant
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nataliemerchant?rf=133113380054011
PUBLISHING/MANAGEMENT:
INDIAN LOVE BRIDE
PO Box 716
Lake Katrine, NY 12449
Marjorie Sperry

NETTWERK ONE MUSIC LTD.
Clearwater Yard
35 Inverness St.
London NW1 7HB
Blair McDonald
TEL +44 (0) 207.424.7500
FAX +44 (0) 207.424.7501
nettwerkone.com
DESCRIPTION from NONESUCH:
¬   This self–produced album is the work of a mature artist with a clear and distinctive voice. Long appreciated for the depth and substance of her writing, Merchant has never shied away from weighty themes or subjects for her lyrics. She describes the new release as informed “by experience and keen observation,” dealing with issues of “love gained and lost, regret, denial, surrender, greed, destructiveness, defeat, and occasional triumph.”
¬   Combining three decades of experience in song writing and album making, Merchant’s production style is nuanced and pure. Her voice is framed by a balanced blend of electric and acoustic sound throughout with musicianship of exceptional quality. String, brass, and woodwind arrangements mingle with Hammond organ and electric guitar improvisations. Players include John Medeski, Shawn Pelton, Clark Gayton, Uri Sharlin, Jesse Murphy, Erik Della Penna, Gabriel Gordon, and guest vocalists Simi Stone, Elizabeth Mitchell, and gospel singer Corliss Stafford.
¬   Merchant’s career began when, as a college student, she joined the seminal alternative rock band 10,000 Maniacs. Serving as lead vocalist, lyricist, and sometime pianist, Merchant released five critically acclaimed studio albums with the band, including the platinum–selling In My Tribe (1987), Blind Man’s Zoo (1989), Our Time in Eden (1992), and MTV Unplugged (1993). Merchant left the group in 1993, after 12 years, to record her first solo album. Tigerlily (1995) was certified five–times platinum, and was followed by the platinum Ophelia (1998), Natalie Merchant Live (1999), and Motherland (2001).
¬   In 2002 Merchant departed Elektra Records, and a contractual relationship she had been bound to since signing at the age of 19, in 1984. She took an extended hiatus from pop music and major labels, independently releasing a collection of folk music, The House Carpenter’s Daughter (Myth America, 2003), which also coincided with the birth of her first child. For the next seven years she lived quietly in New York’s Hudson Valley devoting herself to family and community, whilst taking opportunities to collaborate with other musicians and strengthen her commitment to activism and philanthropy.
¬   In 2005 she was appointed by Governor Eliot Spitzer to serve a four–year term on the 20–member board of New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA). She worked with a group of homeless musicians on a benefit album, Give US Your Poor (2006), and a documentary film, No Good Reason (2006). She worked with Ladysmith Black Mambazo, collaborated with British composer Gavin Bryars and the Royal Shakespeare Company on The Sonnet Project (2007), and in 2008 contributed to the Cowboy Junkies’ 20th anniversary re–recording of their first album, The Trinity Session. Also in 2008, at the invitation of the Boston Pops, Merchant built an orchestral repertoire drawn from her catalogue of songs to perform in concert, a show she continues to expand and perform. She celebrated the 60th anniversary of the declaration of human rights with Amnesty International’s The Price of Silence initiative, and sang with the student choir of The Perkins School for the Blind to raise funds. In 2009 she contributed to David Byrne's song cycle recording, Here Lies Love, based on the life of Imelda Marcos.
¬   In 2010, Merchant returned with a thematic double album entitled Leave Your Sleep, her debut for Nonesuch Records. A meditation on childhood and mothering, the anthology comprised 19th and 20th century American and British classic children's poetry by the likes of Robert Louis Stevenson, Christina Rossetti, Robert Graves, Edward Lear, and E.E. Cummings that Merchant had set to music. She collaborated with 130 musicians in a wide variety of musical styles, handpicking musicians who represent the best in their fields, including the Wynton Marsalis Quartet, Medeski Martin & Wood, The Fairfield Four, The Chinese Music Ensemble of New York, the Ditty Bops, the New York Philharmonic, The Klezmatics, Lúnasa, and Hazmat Modine. Merchant’s fascination with the poets led her to research their lives and write an 80-page companion book. ¬   The result was praised by critics on both sides of the Atlantic, with the Wall Street Journal calling it “an ideal fit between poetic and musical forms,” and the Independent, “a hugely ambitious and beautifully realized double album.”
¬   Since the album’s release, Merchant was honored for the project as a New York Public Library Lion in 2011, along with authors Jonathan Franzen, Ian McEwan, and playwright Tony Kushner. That same year, NYC public school children studied a three-month unit on poetry and music with a curriculum drawn from the album. In 2012, Merchant teamed up with award-winning children’s book illustrator Barbara McClintock for a new picture book based on Leave Your Sleep published by Farrar Straus Giroux. ¬   Inspired by her 2010 TED Talk about the project, Merchant has also developed a live children's orchestral concert that integrates projections of McClintock's illustrations and has presented this educational program to thousands of children in several US cities, including Carnegie Hall this spring.
¬   Merchant remains dedicated to a wide array of social justice and environmental causes. Recently, her attention has been focused on the threats to public health and the environment posed by the natural gas extraction technique of hydraulic fracturing. In 2013 she spearheaded the making of a protest concert film, Dear Governor Cuomo, with New Yorkers Against Fracking, actors Mark Ruffalo and Melissa Leo, and film makers Jon Bowermaster and Alex Gibney. This month, SHELTER: A Concert Film to Benefit Victims of Domestic Violence, directed and produced by Merchant, will have its first public screening in connection with Eve Ensler's annual One Billion Rising campaign. Merchant is exploring a new approach to protest through filming multi–media events that inform the public, heighten the profile of community organizers, and encourage action. “It's not enough for me anymore to just show up and sing a song at a benefit and feel I've done my bit. I want to offer my skills to create more comprehensive campaigns on behalf of over–strapped and under–staffed non–profits.”
Personal life:
   In 2003, Merchant married Daniel de la Calle and had a daughter with him named Lucia. However, in an interview in 2012, she indicated that she is now divorced. She likes gardening and painting. Some paintings can be seen at her official website.
She has been a vegetarian since 1980, save for the duration of her pregnancy when she temporarily resumed eating meat. In 1997, she said:
“The '60s aesthetic has never really appealed to me, the tie-dyed Deadhead running barefoot through the forest on LSD. I don’t think that’s really me. But I’ve been a vegetarian for 17 years and I consider myself an environmentalist in as much as I can be, considering the job that I have. I prefer living in the countryside rather than the city; I find it more sane and sustaining for myself...”

   Musician–activist Natalie Merchant has directed a short documentary film titled SHELTER: A Concert Film to Benefit Victims of Domestic Violence, that shines light on a group of women living in the Mid–Hudson region of New York State responding to the crisis of domestic violence in their community with compassion and creativity. Musicians, advocates, criminal prosecutors, victims and survivors all take to the stage, illuminating the darkness surrounding this public health epidemic. Watch the film below.
Shelter was inspired by an event for One Billion Rising, a global campaign calling for an end to violence against women, held on February 14, 2013. Merchant will present a screening of this film this Friday, February 14, at the Old Dutch Church in Kingston, New York, on the day of One Billion Rising for Justice.
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Natalie Merchant — Natalie Merchant (2014)

 

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