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Joan Osborne Releases "Pretty Little Stranger" On Vanguard Records
Premier vocalist and songwriter, Joan Osborne, has recently released
her
Vanguard Records debut, "Pretty Little Stranger."
Recorded in Nashville and produced by Grammy winner, Steve Buckingham,
"Pretty Little Stranger" highlights the soulful sound of Joan Osborne
with
elements of country blues and Americana. This 12 song collection
features
six original tunes written by Joan including the first single, "Who
Divided", "Shake That Devil", "After Jane" and the title track and also
compositions by Kris Kristofferson ("Please Don't Tell Me How The Story
Ends"), Jerry Garcia/Robert Hunter ("Brokedown Palace") and Patty
Griffin
("What You Are").
Joan stated, "I would call this my version of a country record -- some
of it
very traditional, some less so. It tells feelings and stories in very
simple language, and I wanted to focus on that simple way of
communicating,
rather than be flowery and poetic. I needed to get down to the bare
bones
and I feel like we did a good job of doing that."
"Pretty Little Stranger" features some of music's finest performers
lending
their talents including Vince Gill on "Time Won't Tell," Alison Krauss,
"Holy Waters", Sonny Landreth playing slide guitar on "Dead Roses" and
Rodney Crowell providing harmony vocals on his own "When The Blue Hour
Comes."
Joan Osborne had one of the biggest releases of the mid-90's with
"Relish"
and participated in the historic and successful Lilith Fair Tour. She
has
worked with a myriad of artists like Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, The
Chieftains and Bonnie Raitt. She toured with The Dead in the summer of
2004
and recently finished a tour with Phil Lesh & Friends.
Official website: www.joan-osborne.com