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Brand-spanking-new "Balls" Reviews!
"Certainly it's her best, so far, her most coherent musical presentation and her most varied, most revealing set of songs. The songs sparkle, and it is possible to hear and enjoy both her humor and her humanity. And the woman can write."
- Grant Alden, No Depression magazine
"She sounds like she could be the Coal Miner's Daughter's feminist grandkid...both authentic and hip...
There's a surprise around every corner..."What Do I Do" finds Cook's twangy soprano leaping into the honky-tonk stratosphere. But get ready for her cover of the Velvet Underground's "Sunday Morning," which she dang near makes her own. Then again, that's something you might expect from a girl with an affinity for vintage cocktail dresses who still insists on baiting her own hook.
- Alanna Nash, Amazon.com
"The rare country singer who connects with both mainstream and alternative audiences, Cook receives equally effusive crowd responses at the Grand Ole Opry and the Exit/In, or in Austin, Texas, and Branson, Mo.
"Her upcoming Rodney Crowell-produced album shows she’s been on a roll. One ringer that has crowds shouting with approval midsong features the chorus, “It takes balls to be a woman,” a truism she explains with knowing detail in the lyrics."
- Nashville Scene
"...the title track...is the nutshell summation of what makes her the perfect middle ground between the Dixie Chicks and Neko Case. Southern through and through (down to the unfathomable Southern belle beauty), but backed with the cred of Rodney Crowell as producer and a totally believable Velvet Underground cover, Cook is the rebellious spirit Loretta Lynn surely would have been at her age had the times fully allowed.
"The record is part jaunty and jubilant, chugging along on rollicking snares, and part subtle and twangy, resting on little aside from Cook’s Dolly Parton-inflected voice and forlorn fiddle. Whether she indeed finds Neko-like acceptance from the indie community, creeps her way into mainstream country’s consciousness or falls completely between the cracks with this album remains to be seen. But it should most certainly at least be heard."
- CMJ
Quotes and previous reviews:
"I think about Emmylou and Loretta and fuse them all together and it comes out Elizabeth Cook."
-Rodney Crowell
"Country music just doesn't get much more down-home than this...Cook's the real deal."
- Amazon.com
"Her voice...begs comparison to classic country divas such as Loretta Lynn and especially Dolly Parton. (Her songs) all affirm the power of unadulterated old-time country and Cook's complete command of this idiom.
- All Music Guide
"...her ability to tell colorful stories and express deep feelings is right on par with her exceptional singing. She comes across like one of your best girlfriends - confiding her deepest secrets one minute, then launching into a goofy joke the next."
- The Rage
"...eschews the crossover poppiness of Shania and Faith for a classic country sound that harks back to the prairie-skirt heyday of Dolly and Emmylou."
- Country Standard Time
"...ranges easily through honky-tonk, shuffles, torch balladry and gospel. And she writes with a vivid immediacy and smartness...the sharp twang in the Florida native's voice makes it clear that she remains bracingly, unabashedly country."
- Philadelphia Inquirer
"...this is real country music - what every damn country radio station in the country would be playing if they any any ears (or balls).
"...exudes much confidence and style. She's had her hand in on all of the songwriting, and she can sure turn some wonderful phrases, in the classic tradition of country roots music...Her voice is captivating...her backing ensemble...is flawless."
- Freight Train Boogie website
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About me: 31 Tigers is a new indie record label based in Nashville and Baltimore. Our first album, "Balls" by the phenomenal artist Elizabeth Cook, came out May 1 to critical acclaim almost everywhere. CBS Sunday Morning has named it one of the top summer albums. Rolling Stone's Robert Christgau, maybe the top rock critic of all time, gave it a rave review. And the Washington Post called it "One of the year's best - a stone-cold keeper."
The album is produced by the legendary Rodney Crowell and features nine original songs written or co-written by Elizabeth, one by Tim Carroll, plus one of the most unusual and creative covers you'll hear, Velvet Underground's "Sunday Morning (see the video to your left)."
Why does NPR's All Songs Considered call "Balls" one of the best spring albums, in an exclusive class with Tori Amos, Wilco, Modest Mouse, Bright Eyes, Fountains of Wayne, Richard Thompson, Mavis Staples, Kings of Leon and Balkan Beat Box?
And why does the Philadelphia Inquirer call Elizabeth a "Nashville hellcat"? Just listen to some of her songs.
The single, "Sometimes It Takes Balls to Be a Woman" was nominated for Americana Song of the Year along with legends Lucinda Williams, Patty Griffin and Darrell Scott and is available now at I-Tunes and emusic.com, the video is on YouTube (it's a director's cut with scenes you won't see on CMT or GAC!), the album is available almost everywhere music is sold, and you can get a free download of "Times Are Tough in Rock N' Roll" over on Elizabeth's page, www.MySpace.com/ElizabethCook, or just click on her photo below, and be her friend too!
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The Janet Reno Song of America project is a three-CD, 50 track album featuring many of America's best musicians. It was the former Attorney General's idea to tell the history of America through song, and she and nephew/singer/songwriter/producer Ed Pettersen, developed the project.
And so the album spans the centuries, beginning with a Lakota tribal song and continuing through different wars and eras up until the present day.
Artists who lent their talent (and we thank them gratefully - because ALL of the proceeds go to fund music education around the country) include The Black Crowes, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Devendra Banhart, Suzy Bogguss, Andrew Bird, John Mellencamp, Janis Ian, Elizabeth Cook, BR-549, Jim Lauderdale, Beth Nielsen Chapman, Old Crow Medicine Show, the Mavericks, Jen Chapin, Martha Wainwright, Ben Taylor, Jake Shimabukuro and many, many more.
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OH, drat! I wrote to 30 tigers when meaning to write to you... Well, my apologies. We're going to need folks like you here with our new release!
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Claire and I have returned from our 3 month EU& UK tour. So, I just posted a note about what's going on with The Bowmans on facebook... and then I started writing a mass email... and then I decided against it... so I'm doing this instead. (begging) Will you visit my profile page to help me spread the word, pretty please??? We have a sneak preview of the new album (Produced by Malcolm Burn, Mastered by Greg Calbi) up for 5 days only… and it can be bought within the next 5 days only!
We are very excited about our first CD compilation - Now Thats AmericanaOK - of music featured on the AmericanaOK radio show. Gina Villalobos has contributed an exclusive track (Sun In My Eyes) from her much anticipated new album "Days On Their Side" which is due for release in the summer. Plus we have 14 other great contemporary Americana classics. Please check out the web site for details www. americanaok. com/aokcd. htm
Thank you, thank you, East Coast. Yeah, I was wishing I was back in Paris too as I sat in the dentist chair this week (ouch!). Last week was GREAT, this one has been a little more real world. Hate that.
Hey, if yr going to be anywhere near IN soon, let me know, maybe we can make the trip where ever and visit with ya's. I am dyin for a roadtrip, I tell ya, and it'd be great to see you twice in a year, Andy! :D
Hello from Norway.
Thank you very much for adding me to your space site.
It's great to be among all your friends.
Interesting and clever artists.
With deep respect - warmest greetings from a country singer at the most southern part of Norway.
Audun
Thanks for the add, good work - if you get a chance check out the show.
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Someone who feels my pain!
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Glad ya found me!
Happy travels, maybe we will make some of the voyages together!
All my best to you...............
Hey thanks! You know... we're unsigned ;-)... for real though I really dig the sounds that ya'll are putting out... awesome, and original! My kind of music! If you get a chance, stop by and vote for your favorite song on our poll! Glad to have you as friends, thanks for the add!
Thanks for adding me! I like Elizabeth's music! I wish all the best with her career!!!
I would love it if you would come by and take a listen to my music sometime! It would mean alot to me if you would rate and comment on my songs!
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Andy-
Thanks for coming over...glad you liked the sauce...it was pretty dang good,I gotta admit! Thanks also for listening to Donna's set...we had fun, that was a good night all around at the French Quarter. That club should be busier...great sound, decent location, parking, good music...I want to get an "East Nashville Night" started there, where the likes of Donna, EC and Tim, Cole Slivka, Kylie and Marco and similar artists could try out new stuff with kind of a house band made up of us husbands...hmmmmmm.
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