MARTHA WAINWRIGHT TO PERFORM
IN SELECT U.S. CITIES
FORTHCOMING STUDIO ALBUM COME HOME TO MAMA
OUT 10/16 ON V2 / COOPERATIVE
MUSIC
WATCH: "Proserpina"
Martha sings the last song
her late mother, Kate McGarrigle, wrote in a
dramatic one-shot
performance video
On October 16, Cooperative Music will release Martha
Wainwright's third studio album, Come Home To Mama. She will
perform material from the recording in select U.S. cities this fall and winter.
Please see below for an itinerary of shows, beginning with two consecutive
nights in New York City: October 10 at Littlefield in Brooklyn, and October 11
at (Le) Poisson Rouge in Greenwich Village.
Wainwright's first collection
of original music in four years, Come Home to Mama is produced by Yuka
C. Honda of Cibo Matto. Recorded earlier this year, mostly at Sean
Lennon's home studio in New York City, the recording combines the
passionate angst of her 2005 eponymous debut with the twisted pop of 2008's I
Know Your Married But I've Got Feelings Too. Honda and Wainwright have
created an edgy, multi-instrumental soundscape that showcases Wainwright's raw,
confessional poetry with undeniable style and grace. All of the songs are by
Wainwright, except "Proserpina," the last song written by her mother, the
widely beloved Kate McGarrigle (who never recorded it).
The 10-song Come Home to
Mama features performances from Yuka C. Honda, Nels Cline (Wilco),
Sean Lennon, Jim White (Dirty Three), Brad Albetta and Thomas
Bartlett (Doveman).
During the winter of 2009 and
2010, Wainwright gave birth to her first child and lost her own mother.
Confronted with both joy and anger, she composed a set of songs that are by
turns angry and reflective. She states, "This record is a culmination of my
life experiences so far. Everything changed for me a couple of years ago,
and this record is a representation of that and a return to the reason I
started writing songs." Wainwright continues, "I've made this record as a
motherless child and as a mother. Two things I had never been
before. For me, it is a new beginning."
Regarding Yuka C. Honda's
production, Wainwright says, "Making this record was a totally different
experience. Yuka's approach was very open. Sometimes I would just demo the
song, singing in the closet, which served as the vocal booth, then she would
build the track around that. In other instances we would jam with a few
musicians and try and get a live take. I don't think I've ever sung this hard,
played this hard, or tried this hard."
Come Home To Mama follows Martha Wainwright's live
collection of Edith Piaf songs, Sans Fusils, Ni Souliers, A Paris
(2009).
Martha Wainwright Upcoming U.S. Dates
October
10 - Brooklyn, NY Littlefield
October
11 - New York, NY (Le)
Poisson Rouge
November
13 - Northampton, MA Iron
Horse Music Hall
November
14 - Burlington, VT Higher
Ground
November
15 - Cambridge, MA The
Sinclair
November
19 - Philadelphia, PA World
Cafe Live
November
20 - Pittsburgh, PA Club
Cafe
November
21 - Vienna, VA Jammin'
Java
December
19 - Oakland, CA The
Fox Theater
Rufus & Martha
Wainwright: Christmas 101
December
21 - Los Angeles, CA Royce
Hall
Rufus & Martha
Wainwright: Christmas 101
December
22 - Los Angeles, CA Royce
Hall
Rufus
& Martha Wainwright: Christmas 101
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