American Singer/songwriter Lobelia has had a busy couple of years - she’s released a live album (with husband Steve Lawson), a new solo covers album, has toured in the UK, the US and had a baby. Whether playing her own songs or other people’s, Lobelia’s unmistakable voice and subtle guitar playing bring the stories-in-song to life, captivating audiences from Minneapolis to the Midlands. Funny, sad, poignant or touching, the emotion is always to the fore, heart draped over her sleeve and tongue often planted firmly in cheek.
So welcome to the beginning of week 3 and the new release of the 2nd song from my new album In called I’ve Never Met Anyone Like You. Please download it and send it to as many people as you like. The first track had over 100 downloads in the first 3 days and over 185 total. Combined with my other fan exclusives on RN there have been over 650 downloads! That’s amazing! Hope we can match or exceed that with this track!
You’ll also notice there’s a share button on this widget. It allows you to grab this content and put it on your own site, myspace, facebook, or bebo and very much like being a virtual secret agent for the independent music alliance….uhm or something like that. x
Who’s that on the front page of reverbnation.com??? WOW! It’s me!!! You can help me to thank reverbnation by downloading my new tune The Sound of a Breaking Heart…for free! Just have a listen and then click the download button on the widget below. There’s plenty of other great content on my reverbnation page and lots of free downloads so have a look. And if you’re an artist who hasn’t yet signed up, I’m now giving you a virtual spanking! Thwack! Thanks peeps. x
What time is it? My internal body clock has stopped. Not on the one that goes…”hey honey, lets make a baby!” or the one that says..”Don’t you think it’s time to settle down?” but the one that tells me to wake up at 8am every morning and then lets me go back to sleep ’til 11. I usually fly from California, back to the East coast, and then back to the UK. That makes it a lot easier. This year it was the hardcore 10 hour flight from San Francisco over the Canadian wilderness. The real clock says it’s 3:47am, and I just ate some crisps and a larabar. Hellooo breakfast.
Random Facts I’ve been getting all these requests for random facts about myself on facebook. Why am I acquiescing and doing your bidding? Cause I’m jet lagged and don’t yet have the brain capacity to do some real work. I could barely spell acquiescing. Hell, I could barely spell barely. Read the rest of this entry »
Hi there all! This’ll be a long one as I’ve got a lot to say. :D Hopefully you’re itchin’ fer an update so you won’t be snoozing by the end. If not, treat each part like a chapter…bookmark my RSS feed and come back every day! House Concerts and the Like
I know that I’ve been a bad person and haven’t been blogging of late. Truthfully, I find it hard to be on the web much when I’m on the road. I just don’t have the constitution for it, and am likely to be more concerned with when/where I might find something I can eat. (I’m endlessly concerned about food when we’re touring) I have tried to keep you all updated via facebook and twitter…and if you’re following Steve, then none of this matters because you’ll have known our every move for sure as he lives his entire life on the web….well, almost.
So having a tour that was almost exclusively house concerts this year was a blast. There’s nothing like getting to play to groups of under 40 each night, the connection you can achieve with your audience is astounding. There’s a real conversational banter that opens up between you and your audience and it makes me realise how much I always hated playing club dates…and why I was always happier playing places like the Yellow Door and Ginglik. Aside from that, getting to stay somewhere cool each night, rather than some overpriced rat trap with someone else’s hair on the sheets was amazing. Aside from that, people letting me use their kitchens….personal tours of new cities….and just an all round feeling of welcoming into new/old groups of friends was stunning.
Thanks to everyone! Here’s some great pics from the shows!
Bob knows the Obama makes the world a better place for blind cats.
Steve and I with Holly and Victor Wooten
Being filmed at the house concert in Nashville.
Lovely Rachel Dyer and Sarah Masen Dark
Rachel and I at the Nashville House Concert
My hero Corey and I having fun and being silly!
Duquesne Uni in Pittsburgh Masterclass
YAY! It’s one of my fave drummers/friends Kevin Quickle!!!!
Steve and Owen from the Roots, in Philly
LA Future of Music Masterclass
Ah, sweet boys. Peter Murray and Steve
Claudio Zanghieri and Alain Caron
Steve and Claudio at Looperlative, Michael Manring to the left
David Torn, Moi, and the lovely Bryan Lawson
Two great bassists…Lee Sklar and Arianne Cap
Me learning some new skillz
How cool is this…I’m so proud to be a part of a whole new America
Kerry Getz’s fabulous house concert and inaugural party! She’s amazing!
Hi lovelies. So everyone knows that I’m crazy about looping. I think it’s the most fun one can have outside of hog rasslin’ and whittlin’. So I thought I’d post a couple of the latest vids in case you haven’t seen them. Why? Because I like sharing. Why else? Cause I’m in desperate need of your approval. But seriously, we’re gearing up to do a nice little tutorial video on looping and using the Looperlative, which is the most amazing looper in the universe. Designed and built by one of the coolest and nicest people in the known universe as well. Do you know what that means? It means that looping has never been nicer, or more amazing.
So enjoy the videos and as always, speaking for frogs and rutabagas everywhere, I’m Lobelia. Good day.
This is a new song called The Sound of a Breaking Heart. I started the looping out on mute….which is a dangerous thing..cause not only you can’t hear what it’s going to sound like…I can’t either!!! Also, a nice example of what happens when you get an extra beat in the loop live. You just go with it and point upwards.
This is a song called In, which I wrote for bass and voice when I was 19. I’d never done it live as it needed to have tonnes of harmonies and what not to work on stage. And only a short 249 years later Voila! Modern technology!
What time is it? My internal body clock has stopped. Not on the one that goes…”hey honey, lets make a baby!” or the one that says..”Don’t you think it’s time to settle down?” but the one that tells me to wake up at 8am every morning and then lets me go back to sleep ’til 11. I usually fly from California, back to the East coast, and then back to the UK. That makes it a lot easier. This year it was the hardcore 10 hour flight from San Francisco over the Canadian wilderness. The real clock says it’s 3:47am, and I just ate some crisps and a larabar. Hellooo breakfast.
