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Friday, March 6, 2009
Michelle Malone - From The Road
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
PHOTO CREDIT: Trish Land
Today’s Dispatch From the Road comes from Atlanta’s longtime, bluesy roots-rock singer-songwriter Michelle Malone, in town tonight for the Atlanta History Center’s new series: “Southern Music: Shaken & Stirred.”
Planning to go tonight — where Malone will be featured along with other “Whiskey Women” Blue Mother Tupelo and Little Country Giants? Remember her from her early Eddie’s Attic days?
Well feel free to reminisce as you read along…
Hey Ya’ll!
I thought I’d send you a little postcard to let you know that I’m doing great, even though I’ve been gone for so long.
I really do miss ya’ll…and the tall pines at Lullwater Park….Ahhh…I used to love walks and runs around the lake…
Oh, and I miss the BLT from Sun In My Belly….hmmm… I may have to swing by…anyhoooo…
I haven’t been in the ATL much since last spring when I recorded my new CD there with Nick Di Dia. He’s the brilliant local legend who records Springsteen, Pearl Jam, The Black Crowes, Train, etc…so you KNOW it sounds great!
We made a good team in the studio - like Lucy and Ethyl…or Starsky and Hutch…or mac and cheese…or Peanut Butter and Chocolate! YEA!
I worked hard on the songwriting, too. Apparently, I had alot to say. It was just an easy, relaxed recording experience…
It didn’t even feel like work! I actually enjoyed it, and that’s a first. Maybe you can tell that I’m in a great place these days - which just makes life easier, don’t you think?!
Repeat after me: “Change the way you look at things, and the things you look at change.” Thanks Wayne Dyer.
Am I blabbering too much? Guess the coffee’s kickin’ in!
As I was saying…the new CD, my 10th (where does the time go?!) is called DEBRIS. It’s full of heartfelt fun and good for what ails ya.
There’s plenty of swaggering slide guitar from me and the amazing Peter Stroud. There’s also several sweet ballads sure to bring a tear to your eye. Other hugely talented people who contributed to the record (and who I’m lucky enough to call friends) are Phil Skipper, Jonny Daly, Tony Reyes, Dave Anthony, Harold Sellers, and Trina Meade. They brought the love and the sass to tape!
I’m telling you, this CD will make you want to slap your mama AND will crack your heart wide open like a coconut! Pina Colada, anyone?
You can order your signed copy right here right now: http://michellemalone.com/mmsite2007/debris_store.html
There’s even a “Tell A Friend” special, if ya have any in need of a good time and a big smile.
I’ll be back home April 4th for the big CD Release Party at Eddie’s Attic - count ‘em -2 all ages shows!
I cant wait to see you - fire up the BBQ and put the Conundrum and Bud on ice - I’m coming HOME!!!
WISH YOU WERE HERE!
xo,
Michelle
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Backstage at BET’s “Sunday Best”
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
PHOTO CREDIT: Ben Rose/BET Networks
To borrow a bit from our own Jeff Foxworthy’s signature quip, You Know You’re At A Gospel Competition When…
— The in-house comedian (Small Fire, once known as Small Fry) jokes that she flips to celeb gossip show TMZ each night “because I feel like the Lord led me to watch it…Them folks be trying to catch you coming out of Kroger even,” she continued. “You got to be saved all the time around those people!”
— Kirk Franklin (second photo) spends off-camera time doing a hilarious imitation of fellow gospel singer and TV host, Dr. Bobby Jones.
— Judge BeBe Winans (pictured in top photo with fellow judges Mary Mary) introduces a new word to our vocabulary: “Authentical.” As in, in response to Franklin’s question about how he likes being in Atlanta, Winans replied: “It’s exciting…There’s just a love for gospel music in Atlanta. It’s authentical.” (P.S. Franklin also let it slip that Winans and sister CeCe - a part-time Atlantan - are making their first CD together in 15 years.)
— The audience members’ hair is as immaculately styled as the 20 contestants. (And Small Fire aided in that appearance, reminding them to powder themselves during the frequent breaks. “Make sure the make-up matches your skin,” she said playfully. “You’ll go back to work and they’ll be calling you two-tone.”)
— And not only was contemporary gospel star Donald Lawrence in the front row of the studio audience, but Usher’s mother Jonnetta Patton was right behind him (she’s friends with Mary Mary’s manager) and Millie Jackson’s daughter Keisha was sanctified enough to be a part of musical director Ray Chew’s “Sunday Best” band.
And those were only some of the sights and sounds at the four hour-plus first taping of BET’s second season of “Sunday Best” Thursday at Turner Studios. The show — taping in Atlanta only this year — start Sunday at 9 p.m. with the auditions.
Planning to tune in? Did you last year? Know anyone from Atlanta who made it to the show?
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Listen To Indigo Girls At Noon Today
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Atlanta folk favorites the Indigo Girls will be the special guests on WXPN’s fourth anniversary of the “Free at Noon” concert series it does with NPR Music. Emily Saliers and Amy Ray will be playing from their upcoming double disc “Poseidon and the Bitter Bug” — their first independent disc since their 1987 debut, “Strange Fire” — due in stores March 24 on IG Recordings/Vanguard Records. (And on that same release day, they’ll be playing a Criminal Records in-store). Plan to listen in at noon at http://www.xpn.org/music-artist/xpn-stream — where Shemekia Copeland will also be featured? Looking forward to “Poseidon”?
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