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Monday, September 27, 2021
Linda Draper emerged from NYC’s iconic Antifolk scene w/ four albums produced by Shimmy Disc iconoclast, Kramer; Upcoming is her most diverse to date.
Displaying vocal prowess, country influences, Draper’s
“Patience and Lipstick” (Jan. 21st) was produced by Jeff Eyrich
(Tanya Tucker, Tim Buckley, John Cale.) +++
Linda
Draper as photographed by
Jeff Um +++ PLAY, POST & SHARE Linda Draper | “Detroit or Buffalo” (Barbara
Keith Cover)
[YOUTUBE]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdiIYkiiFzQ [SOUNDCLOUD]: https://soundcloud.com/fanaticpro/linda-draper-detroit-or-buffalo +++ Linda Draper’s cover of the 1972 classic
“Detroit or Buffalo” by Barbara Keith appears on Draper’s upcoming new album Patience and Lipstick, scheduled for
release on Jan. 21st, 2022. Songwriter Barbara
Keith’s 1972 song “Detroit or
Buffalo” was mostly overlooked when it was released as part of Keith’s second solo album, issued by Reprise Records that year. Since then, the
tune has gone on to develop the recognition it deserves as a folk classic. “As soon as JeffEyrich (Draper’s Producer) shared this song with me, I instantly knew I
wanted to cover it,” Draper
remembers. “Barbara’s voice, and the
message in her lyrics, are timeless, raw, and fearlessly vulnerable.” Draper does the tune its deserved justice, showcasing her
own striking vocal performance, while also conveying the nuance and beauty of Keith’s. +++ Linda Draper | In The Press
“Draper’s
illuminating sound provides a radiant glow.” — No Depression “Captivating magic.” — All Music Guide “Not unlike folk mama Joan Baez.” — Time Out New
York “Channeling the finger-plucked folk music of Joni Mitchell and Nick Drake, she sings like a siren.” — American Songwriter “Full of atmosphere with elegant,
every-note-in-the-right-place instrumentation.” — Popmatters +++ Linda Draper | Live
11/06/2021: Brooklyn, NY @ Pete’s Candy
Store (709 Lorimer St., w/ Atoosa Grey) +++ Linda Draper | About
“I asked them what the secret to a long and happy
marriage was,” Linda Draper says,
recalling a post-gig conversation with a pair of married fans. “Jack is very patient,” Ivana, a flight attendant who
works long hours, explained. “And Linda,” she continued, “I always carry a tube
of lipstick in my purse. No matter how late it is, as soon as I turn the corner
towards home, I reapply!” Patience and Lipstick (Jan. 21st,
2022, South Forty Records) is
now the fortuitous title of Draper’s
upcoming new album, and the tunes on the currently Brooklyn, soon to be North
Carolina-based artist’s latest feel like they came about just as naturally. “So the secret to a long and happy marriage is
patience and lipstick?!,” Draper
thought. “You know, I think there’s a song in there somewhere.” Patience and lipstick. The phrase also encompasses another idea: Of being
willing to wait for things to get better and being ready to shine when they do.
For Draper, the road to this record
has been long, and not just because she has paid so many dues on the NYC
songwriter scene, starting with her debut album Ricochet twenty years
ago. While Patience and Lipstick leans more country
than any previous Draper album,
anyone who may try to push her into the gentile, soon-to-be-North Carolinian
corner, needs to know that the vulnerability in Draper’s songs is matched with the strength and attitude of a New
Yorker. Draper faced down and blew away many an audience at the
Lower East Side’s songwriter testing ground Sidewalk Cafe (RIP) in the early years, and her first four albums
were produced by noted iconoclast, Kramer
(currently seeing his own resurgence with the re-boot of his groundbreaking
record label Shimmy Disc.) Talk is cheap still they keep speaking in their
crooked tongues Trying to sell me the idea we’re all in this together I beg to differ... I beg to differ We were never all in this together There is no tether nor was there ever The lyrics are from “Tether,” the first single from Patience and Lipstick, a
perfect example of Draper’s special
way of twisting a dark tune, tinged with the appropriate cynicism, into a
sing-along. Draper wrote the song just as the pandemic was shutting down
the city. “I was amazed and disgusted with how, literally
overnight, every TV commercial, news outlet, and talk show was suddenly
barraging us with these insincere and overly sentimental messages about how we
are all in this together,” she says. “If there is anything that maybe everyone
can all agree on these days, it is that we are not all in this
together.” It is a message of passion, blunt truth, and Draper’s personal reality, and it calls
for patience. And it’s the album’s follow-up single “‘81 Camaro” that has gotta be the lipstick. “My dream is for the folks at Cowboys (described
online as “Orlando’s Best Country Nightclub”) to make up a country line dance
for this song that I can actually learn how to dance to with them,” Draper exclaims. The tune truly has the potential to become a standard
in that way, which makes Draper’s
other dream of having Lucinda Williams
cover it, seem plausible. Patience and lipstick. Draper also identified with this in her decision to cover
the 1972 Barbara Keith song “Detroit or Buffalo,” another of the
album’s many highlights. “As soon as JeffEyrich (Draper’s current producer, and himself a country music authority, having
toured as bassist with all-time great, Tanya
Tucker) shared this song with me, I instantly knew I wanted to cover it,” Draper remembers. “Barbara’s voice, and the message in her lyrics, are timeless, raw,
and fearlessly vulnerable.” On the fearless tip, Draper is also embarking on another new journey (a metaphorical
one, not her upcoming relocation.) “The name is inspired by the area in Montana next to
where my mother’s side of the family has had their ranch since the 1930s,” she
explains of South Forty Records, her
newly formed label. “With the label, I’ve decided to provide a musical
homestead, by honoring the music for the generations that came before and
preserving it for the generations that will follow.” It’s an endeavor inspired by her family’s near-century
long relationship to the land, delivered with an acknowledgement that the
effort may only bear its greatest fruit in the distant future. However, when it
does, there is little doubt that Draper’s
talents will impress. Patience and lipstick. Patience and Lipstick, the latest album by Linda Draper, is scheduled for release on Jan. 21st, 2022 preceded by the singles “Tether” (Oct. 8th), “‘81
Camaro” (Nov. 5th),
and “All In Due Time” (Jan. 7th). +++ More about
Linda Draper: Linda Draper grew up in a musical home as the daughter of a
classical guitar virtuoso who studied with Andres
Segovia. She began playing guitar and writing songs as a child and eventually
became a fixture in the downtown New York City's Antifolk music scene on the
Lower East Side. Since 2001, Draper
has released numerous albums, toured the US and UK, and opened for acclaimed
musicians such as Teddy Thompson, Melissa Ferrick, Luka Bloom, and Eilen Jewell.
Draper has also seen her songs licensed
for commercials and television. She is now embarking on her biggest challenge to date
with the formation of her own label, South
Forty Records. Patience and Lipstick,” Draper’s
upcoming new album, was produced by Jeff
Eyrich, mixed by Grammy®-award winning engineer, Dae Bennett, and features performers David Mansfield (Strings), Jeff Eyrich (Bass), and Doug Yowell (Drums and Percussion). It
is the inaugural release on the artist’s own label South Forty Records. Linda Draper is
available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom
at Fanatic for more information. +++ Linda
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