Tag: Fruitlands
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Mary Gauthier, Dark Enough to See The Stars, 2022 on In The Black Records
I’ve posted a number of Mary Gauthier records before – been following her career from the beginnings as she transitioned from chef/owner of Dixie Kitchen on Mass Ave by Berkeley to singer/songwriter at the Mews in Provincetown in the off-season. The title track is a co-write with Beth Nielsen Chapman: In an ocean black and…
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Lilli Lewis, Americana, 2021 Self-Released
Feels oddly appropriate to post this one the week of Thanksgiving – Lilli Lewis’ Americana, which is as much an assertion as title – claiming the right to her music as Americana: When Lewis was featured in the Americana Music Association’s virtual “Black Equity in Americana: A Conversation” live-stream, she stated: “Black artists and black…
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Mary Gauthier at Fruitlands
Mary Gauthier singing Drag Queens in Limousines, at Fruitlands in Harvard MA My wife first saw Mary Gauthier in the off season at the Mews in Provincetown at open mics in the late 1990s – and we’ve been great fans ever since. Have seen her a half-dozen times at various venues across New England. If…
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Lilli Lewis Project, We Belong, 2019 on Louisiana Red Hot Records (LRHR1196)
Picked this up directly from Lewis at a show in Harvard MA at Fruitlands. Band here includes Jimbo Walsh, Wade Hymel, Smokey Brown, Ruan Murry, Ole Oddlokken and Eric Thomas, with some guests. It was recorded by Mark Bingham in Henderson LA and produced by Bingham and Lewis. Great showcase for Lewis’ songwriting and voice.
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Lilli Lewis, The Henderson Sessions, 2018 on Louisiana Red Hot Records
I got this copy signed by Lilli herself at a performance at Fruitlands in Harvard MA, but you can find it on bandcamp as well. A couple traditional songs (Sitting on Top Of The World, Nobody’s Fault But Mine), some covers (Save the Country, Why We Build The Wall), plus some Lewis originals. Per Louisiana…