2/1/2024 0 Comments Pieta brown one and allIt’s fun to work with Iris, so I’m always excited about that. Working with her has made a big impact on me just as an artist, songwriter, singer. “I’ve been working on and off with Iris for the last few years, and I can’t say enough good things about that. What’s next for you this fall? You’ve got some shows coming up with Iris Dement, right? I got lucky, and it just came through the music, which is always where you hope things connect.” Ani DeFranco being an independent artist as a woman - it just felt like a great place to connect. I’m such a big fan of everything about that. So, I was working with Erik Andersen, a publicist, and he had sent the album out to a few people, and we got some really sweet and kind feedback and some really encouraging response from Ani. You need somebody somewhere stationed doing the groundwork. Most musicians out on the road feel that way. After I did “Postcards,” ideally, I needed a little help. I was working with a couple people just trying to find a proper home for “Freeway,” because I had experimented on the last album I made called “Postcards” doing all of it myself. The new record “Freeway” is out on Ani DiFranco’s label Righteous Babe Records, and the impression that I get is that they are pretty particular about who they sign. Music is such an open and experimental place for me and always has been, and that’s what I like about it.” I guess that’s more philosophy than anything. Music is always a collaboration of some kind, even down to the songwriting. Some of it you hear, but some of it is a feeling thing. So there are some little layers of that that are woven into the recording as well, just what was going on outside. Right outside the door is woods and the countryside, and we actually had a really interesting microphone that’s supposed to mimic human ears outside the studio that was on the whole time. So, you go into a room, and you feel a lot of different things for sure. I think of course, as artists, it’s part of our job to be really open. Did that vibe of unbridled creativity influence you when you were working on the album? The last couple of Bon Iver albums recorded at April Base have been pretty overtly experimental in nature. It was just a super open process, and we just explored the songs together. When I met those guys in the studio, pretty much within an hour, we were recording. Jeremy Ylvisaker plays lots of guitars and keyboard. Mike Lewis plays bass and does some saxophone and some keyboards. Sean Carey plays drums and keyboards and does a lot of beautiful harmonies. This one was all the way in the experimental zone because I had never recorded with any of those players before. ![]() “It was pretty much the most open session I’ve been a part of. You recorded this album in just a few days, what was the experience like? She stopped by IPR’s Cedar Falls studio recently to talk about the new record. Vernon is primarily known for leading Bon Iver, and band member Sean Carey (who has released several records of his own as S. The songs on the album were recorded at Justin Vernon’s studio April Base, located just outside of Eau Claire, Wisconsin. The Iowa native (and daughter of Greg Brown) has released her new album on Righteous Babe Records, which is Ani DeFranco’s label. "There’s a great quote from Miles Davis that I think of often: ‘It takes a long time to sound like yourself.’ Maybe I don’t sound like myself yet, maybe I do.” “If you’re listening to your own voice that’s about the best you can do right?" she says about her sound. Pieta Brown’s eighth full-length record “Freeway” is prime Pieta Brown music.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |