Kathleen Edwards

Ooh great I can't wait to hear this. Good news that she's dumped Vernon as producer (following their break-up). I loved her first three albums but I found the last one close to unlistenable.

AAAAAAHHHHHH

I was wondering what happened to her old guitarist/producer/boyfriend (I think?) Colin Cripps, and it turns out not only is a member of Blue Rodeo now, he and a friend released a surf album under the name C & C Surf Factory:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQmi5eDrorY

it makes me very happy to hear "Crappy Tire" used in a lyric

I found the last one close to unlistenable.

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come on it's a good record

i am so fucking thrilled this is happening

This new interview is a great read. Sounds like she's in a better place at the moment:

https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/kathleen-edwards-comeback-new-album-total-freedom-1001469/

aoty without having heard a note

since no one has posted this yet:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nyFjqmWgqug

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/aug/06/kathleen-edwards-on-quitting-music-falling-for-a-conman-and-her-comeback

damn it *I* could have been that conman if I'd only made an effort to actually go to Quitters

for real though I hope the new album is up to snuff but mainly I'm glad she's doing well

sad to read this piece. hard to believe it's been 9 years since Voyageur. excited to hear this one.

I swear to god I can hear someone getting a text at 0:19 into "Simple Math"

i love kathleen edwards

i love kathleen edwards

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"birds on the feeder" kicking my ass

"take it with you when you go" is the best song ever written

great album imo

I'm afraid to listen to this in case it's just OK but I will rip the bandaid off later today

I know what you mean, but I am going on in!

so yeah, this is great

what a crass misstep voyageur was, but she's back on top form with this one

I don't get what's wrong with Voyageur, unless you hear way more of Bon Iver in it than I do.

I haven't listened to it in years, but iirc it was kind of more amorphous and atmospheric?

i have "hard on everyone" running on a loop in my head

"crass misstep" is not fair to Voyageur at all. especially the word crass.

it has a lot of good songs, a couple snoozers, the production may be questionable, but she'd made three albums of roots-rock (this is not totally fair to Flowers, but whatever), can't blame her for wanting to try something different.

i think it's better than Back To Me, but even if you say it's her worst album of the four, it's a lot better worst than most artists, imo.

thank you for this revive, I finally listened to her & I love her music!

anyone who's just getting into her now, for the love of god seek out Asking for Flowers.

Haven't heard the new one yet but agree Asking for Flowers was the best of her first four. I get misty eyed in some of the quieter songs. Consider it one of the better alt-country albums of the 00s.

I listened to the kathleen edwards essentials on apple music & it was fabulous

I think the first album is perfect and the second album sort of improves on that one without necessarily being better, if you can square that circle.

Wait, I'm thinking of "Asking for Flowers." Yeah. "Asking for Flowers" and the first one are perfecto.

I adore Failer (six o'clock news, hockey skates) and the Cry Cry Cry material / Shindell collabs.

Have barely scratched the surface of anything since, alas

Cry Cry Cry is Shindell with Dar Williams and Lucy Kaplanksy, no? Unless I missed something (only know their ‘98 album).

Oops, my bad. What was I thinking? Possibly drinking.

HOWEVER I know she did do backing vocals or was a touring vocalist on something at least some of those folks did. Crud. Hang on, I'll find it. Or not.

One of the worst humans I know is a huge Kathleen Edwards fan. Probably can't bring myself to get over that hurdle.

Dar Williams... that's a name I certainly haven't heard for 17 lifetimes. Anyway, came here to say this album's sounding great.

god asking for flowers is so good, basically as good as failer, not sure why i keep forgetting this

"Goodnight, California" is the stunner on there for me: a guitar epic, in feels a sequel to "Cortez the Killer".

"F is my favorite letter, as you know ."

i think voyageur has better songs than the smotheringly shit production allows you to hear at first. I like empty threat ("in the city i once said "never" i'm learning to say "never, never, never ever"" is a line that stings)

I think of “pink champagne” a lot

"Going to Hell", "House Full of Empty Rooms", "Chameleon/Comedian" and "A Soft Place to Land" are all mighty fine.

This new album is great.

She’s the absolute best tbh

I will genuinely give this a listen soon but I just wanted to say once more that "scared at night" is the best song ever

wow the second half of this kicks the everloving shit out of the first, which for me was mostly pleasant throat-clearing

From the start Kathleen Edwards has been one of the few songwriters really able to stop me in my tracks, to all but literally incapacitate me, and this new album is no exception. I can barely make it through a song because I want to start them over from the beginning again.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyLiL243X9g

aw Jim Bryson <3

ditto

And by the way, I guess that means Colin Cripps is back in the band?