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The Kitchen Tapes by Lori McKenna
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fave it Emo | Modern Folk
12 tracks | 61 minutes
Released Oct 2003
on Gyrox Records
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From an undiscovered, yet treasured American songwriter comes an accidental recording of stark, stripped down, and intmate performances of songs that cross between folk, pop, and alternative country. A kin of "Nebraska" and "The Texas Campfire Tapes".
Bio / Background
Do you believe in happy accidents? Well, to me this album is just that.
It happened over the course of a few days while sitting in my kitchen with a bunch of new songs swirling in my head.
I got out my minidisc recorder, a cheap little microphone and my notebook, filled with a writing binge I went on just after finishing my last album, and I started to play.
I do most of my songwriting in the kitchen.
I've lived here for the past 13 years, a few miles from where I grew up in Stoughton, near the south shore of Massachusetts.
At the time, I was sure these recordings would stay here in this house with me.
I recorded these songs quickly, mostly in one take, just so I wouldn't forget the melodies and chords.
I decided to release these recordings as they are so you can hear them the way I did the time - fresh, simple and unadorned.
What you hear is not polished or refined.
It's just me and my guitar.
I didn't make any effort to fix mistakes or re-record any songs.
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This early one is good, toobluesandstuff wrote on September 07, 2007
Lori has become much more widely known in the last year or two, so most people will have connected with her more recent work. This is also a really good album, despite its humble origins and ambitions. She writes and plays and sings beautifully - and the kitchen is real. If you don't know her music well, visit her website. Her journal is a joy.