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Laura has one of the most expressive voices around - I'm looking forward to this .

http://www.lauracantrell.com/

http://www.joespub.com/component/option ... od_no,5260

Joe's Pub , New York


Laura Cantrell


* 7:30 PM - April 16 '08



On stage, on record and on the radio, Laura Cantrell has made a name for herself by combining a love of traditional country and folk music with a modern sensibility that informs a sound both timeless and thoroughly original. A native of Nashville that has spent half her life in New York City, Laura’s unique perspective is evident on all of her albums, none more so than her latest Trains And Boats And Planes. A travel themed recording based around the Bacharach/David classic "Trains And Boats And Planes" this release will be in digital format only.

'Trains and Boats and Planes' is available for listening at Laura's Myspace page...

http://www.myspace.com/lauracantrell

This will be available from tomorrow , April 15.

http://www.myspace.com/lauracantrell

"Recording this EP was very affirming, and it was a real pleasure making this music," Cantrell states. "I love these songs, and though some are a bit melancholy, that was part of the process. The songs allowed me to explore the emotional spaces created by some big changes in my life that had left me unsure of my bearings. And I’d always wanted an excuse to record a Bacharach tune."

do you have more of a specific link to laura cantrells recording of trains
and boats and planes?
I'd like to be able to go right to it.
Steveo

It should be available for listening via Laura's Myspace page

http://www.myspace.com/lauracantrell

Laura talks about covering Burt -


http://www.popmatters.com/pm/features/a ... -cantrell/


When you play a standard, an unadulterated classic like “Trains and Boats and Planes”, who are you covering? Dionne Warwick? Billy Kramer and the Dakotas? Dwight Yoakum? Astrud Gilberto? Is it tough to find your own take on it?

We definitely started from scratch, but the general vibe of the song probably goes back to the original Warwick recording. I’d say we took some of the, I don’t want to say bossa nova, but the rhythm from that recording. I actually had a Bacharach/David book, and we were looking at the piano arrangements, but we actually used it for the words. We were just fooling around with it. We went to the original for the template. But, if it is too much some person’s song, it really is difficult to try to go near it. If there had been a killer Dolly Parton version, it’d be tough to g