COLLECTION OFFERS LAKE STREET DIVE, EILEN JEWELL, CHRIS SMITHER, CROOKED
STILL, AND MORE; TWELVE UNRELEASED SONGS, COVERS OF RANDY NEWMAN,
ERNEST TUBB, AND MORE; AND 18 TRACKS OVERALL
Signature Sounds – the Americana and folk label that launched the
careers of Josh Ritter and Lake Street Dive and sustained that of Chris
Smither – will release ‘Signature Sounds 20th Anniversary Collection:
Rarities From The Second Decade’ featuring twelve unreleased tracks,
eighteen tracks in total from the likes of Lake Street Dive, Crooked
Still, Eilen Jewell, Chris Smither, and others. The label is coming off
of the most successful year of its existence, which saw Lake Street Dive
catapult to Billboard’s top 20 and become "this year's best new band,"
according to Rolling Stone.
Entertainment Weekly said last month, “Folk music’s having a moment
right now–maybe its biggest in decades” and Signature Sounds has helped
fuel that trend. Tracks on the ‘20th Anniversary Collection’ draw on the
rich strains of Americana music, country music, and folk music that
have marked Signature Sounds’ entire oeuvre. Van Dyke Parks joins
Jeffrey Foucault on “Real Love”; Parsonsfield’s version of the
traditional song “Moonshiner” was recorded at Sam Kassirer’s Great
Northern Sound Society (which has also been covered by Bob Dylan and
Uncle Tupelo); Peter Mulvey covers Randy Newman’s “Lonely At The Top”
while Eilen Jewell tackles “Why I’m Walkin’” (which was a #6 Billboard
Country charting hit for Ernest Tubb in 1960 and which Elvis Costello
and Loretta Lynn also recorded) and Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers
interpret Dock Boggs’ “Country Blues,” which originally appeared on the
Gold-certified, GRAMMY-winning Anthology of American Folk Music. (Boggs
is discussed in Greil Marcus’ book Invisible Republic: Bob Dylan's
Basement Tapes.) Eilen Jewell’s barn-burning gospel band Sacred Shakers
takes “Samson & Delilah” for a spin, which has also been performed
by the Grateful Dead. These tracks are accompanied by strong originals
by Lake Street Dive, indie folk band Winterpills, Chris Smither (who is
celebrating his 50th anniversary in music this year), Kris Delmhorst
(with Foucault backing her) and a hidden, bonus track by Lake Street
Dive.
Since its founding in Whately, MA in 1994, Signature Sounds has released
over 150 albums; moved to Northampton, MA; established its own venue
the Parlor Room; landed songs in Six Feet Under, True Blood Weeds,
Grey's Anatomy, Sons Of Anarchy, Nashville, Modern Family and in a
T-Mobile ad campaign. Originally launched as a label to spotlight the
burgeoning western Massachusetts folk scene, it has gained national
prominence behind acts such as Mary Gauthier, Erin McKeown, Crooked
Still (from which Aoife O’Donovan has emerged), Patty Larkin, Lori
McKenna, and Eilen Jewell.
Signature Sounds will also host a 20th anniversary celebration the weekend of November 28-30, as a thank you to its fans, featuring 19 different artists over four concerts in Northampton, MA. Here is a Signature Sounds 20th Anniversary Playlist of artists playing the November shows.
The celebration will continue July 10-12 at the Green River Festival, which is produced by Signature Sounds in Greenfield, MA.
‘Signature Sounds 20th Anniversary Collection: Rarities From The Second Decade’ Track List
1. Lovesick Redstick Blues - Crooked Still
2. Real Love - Jeffrey Foucault*
3. Be Back Home - Sweetback Sisters
4. Moonshiner - Parsonsfield*
5. What I'm Doing Here - Lake Street Dive
6. A Tree In The Lung - Winterpills*
7. Such Great Heights - Joy Kills Sorrow
8. No Shortcuts - Heather Maloney & Darlingside
9. It's Lonely At The Top - Peter Mulvey*
10. That's Why I'm Walkin - Eilen Jewell*
11. Carey - Barnstar!*
12. Here In California - Caroline Herring*
13. Drive You Home Again - Chris Smither*
14. Country Blues - Zoe Muth & The Lost High Rollers
15. Violent Love - Sweet & Lowdown (Miss Tess and Rachael Price of Lake Street Dive)*
16. Samson & Delilah - Sacred Shakers*
17. If This Ain't Heaven - Kris Delmhorst & Jeffrey Foucault*
18. I’m Satisfied - Rani Arbo & Daisy Mayhem*
* Previously unreleased.
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