Johnny Cash-inspired single “Shadow of a Coal Mine”
debuts via Popmatters, vinyl edition of album released today.
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Linda Draper
as photographed by Shervin Lainez
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“Shadow of a
Coal Mine” is the latest single and video from Linda Draper’s seventh album Edgewise
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the premiere
of the latest Linda Draper single “Shadow of a Coal Mine” via Popmatters
Brooklyn-based folk singer Linda Draper released her seventh studio album Edgewise on May 21st
and “Shadow of a Coal Mine,” the
latest single from the Matt Keating-produced
record, has now made its premiere
via music discovery website Popmatters. A music video for the song, shot on the fly
in the studio where the album was mastered, has also been posted.
“I've always been fascinated with songs that are
written from the perspective of the ‘bad guy,’” says Draper of the song. “Johnny Cash always did this incredibly
well, and so when the lyrics started pouring out for this song, I decided to
construct the perspective as if the bad guy (or ‘girl,’ as it were) was me.”
Described by American
Songwriter as “What great artists sound like when their music is stripped
down to its elements,” Draper’s
tunes evoke memories of female singer-songwriter legends such as Joni Mitchell and Joan Baez, and Draper’s timeless
voice lends itself well to the vinyl edition of Edgewise which just been
released by Planting Seeds Records
(available here.)
Draper’s distinctive sound was also recently noticed by one
of New York radio’s most revered figures; WFUV
and SiriusXM DJ Vin Scelsa, who spun a track from Edgewise on his
long-running “Idiot’s Delight”
program (listen here.)
“With Edgewise, I feel myself returning to
the roots that originally sparked my enthusiasm for music,” Draper says, referring to her childhood
growing up in a musical household with parents and siblings who are all
musicians (father Frederick Draper
is a classical guitar virtuoso who studied with Andres Segovia.)
Linda Draper is available for interviews. Contact Josh Bloom
at Fanatic for more information.
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Linda Draper
Edgewise
(S/R – Out Now)
Track Listing:
01. Glass Palace
02. Right On Time
04. Edgewise
05. Take It From Me
06. Sleepwalkers
08. Blackbird
09. Live Wire
10. In Good Hands
11. So Long
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Linda Draper Links
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Contact Josh Bloom at Fanatic Promotion
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