So I know several of you are Cindy Morgan fans (at least casually), so I thought I'd let you guys know of her new band - St. Lola In the Fields. Here's a short bio about the music that is coming from this outfit:
The story’s not necessarily new but the music is. Two veteran songwriters, who have logged 20 1 singles and a Songwriter of the Year award between them, began writing songs they loved but which weren’t great for pitching to artists hunting for commercially-popular material. St. Lola in the Fields was born to give those songs a stage.
In late 2007 Cindy Brouwer and Jeremy Bose, who have been writing together for nearly nine years, started work on their EP Little Breaks/Little Bends and began performing live as St. Lola when schedules allowed. Brouwer spends half the year in Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, courtesy of her Canadian husband. The rest of the year she’s in Nashville where Bose plies his songwriting and producing trade year-round.
“For the first time in my life,” enthuses Bose, “I’m writing songs I really, really love and not giving them away.” Both writers appreciate the break St. Lola gives them from all the voices who weigh in on the creation of music industry songs. They love the freedom of being a song’s first and last word.
Of St. Lola’s birth, Brouwer explains, “For us radio wasn’t even a concern. Every time we got together to write it was like dessert. It didn’t feel like work at all.” Though Brouwer has also had a long career as a performing artist, including six globe-spanning tours, performing St. Lola’s songs provides a full circle: creating a song that has meaning for her and then personally presenting it to an audience and watching it become their song too as they connect with it.
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I've got the debut album, High Atop the Houses and the Towns, which hits streets October 5 with Nettwerk Records. I am highly enjoying it (especially first single "Hold Me"), but I'm also a Cindy fanboy so I may not be the most objective.
I would love to hear what others are thinking...
http://www.myspace.com/stlolainthefields
