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119 Review
Motherland, the new long-awaited Natalie Merchant's fourth album, produced by T Bone Burnett (Wallflowers, Gilliam Welch, Eels, Counting Crows), features 12 tracks, a mixture of the soul of Ophelia and the heart of her previous Folk Tour. The title track, Motherland, a beautiful folk song, gives the spirit of this album.
Three years since the last studio release - Ophelia (98) - this waiting certainly won't dissapoint fans. And Motherland Tour seems to be quite promising.
From the catchy Just Can't Last to the touching Tell Yourself, Motherland is less darker than previous album (i.e. more accessible). Surprisingly, it features different Natalie's vocal tones at Golden Boy and The Ballad of Henry Darger, a medieval-like tune, bringing even more emotion to the album.
Hightlights: Just Can't Last, Tell Yourself, Golden Boy, Not in this Life
TECHNICAL NOTES:
Production: T Bone Burnett
Band: ERIK DELLA PENNA (guitar, banjo), GABRIEL GORDON (guitar), GRAHAM MABY (bass), ELIZABETH STEEN (keyboards), MATT CHAMBERLAIN (drums), DAVID RALIKE (sax).
Additional Musicians: (as Elektra info) music legend MAVIS STAPLES, string arrangements written by STEPHEN BARBER on three songs as well as cameo appearances by VAN DYKE PARKS (accordion) and GREG LEISZ (guitar, banjo, mandolin), PATRICK WARREN (chamberlain)
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ARTICLES ABOUT MOTHERLAND:
VH1:
"Natalie Merchant has enlisted producer T Bone Burnett for her next album, Motherland, due out November 6. Guests on the album include the Wallflowers" ... >>> More |
Rolling Stone:
"Natalie Merchant has been working on her fourth album, Motherland, the follow-up to Ophelia, scheduled for release in early November."... >>>>More |
Elektra:
"Natalie Merchant has recorded a third studio solo album, MOTHERLAND, due for release November 13th. Co-produced by T Bone Burnett"...>>> More - She explains some songs, when she wrote them. |
| | TOUR DATES 10/27/2001 Minneapolis, MN Northrup Auditorium Headline Date
10/28/2001 Madison, WI Orpheum Theater Headline Date
10/29/2001 Champaign, IL University of Illinois Headline Date
10/30/2001 Ann Arbor, MI Hill Auditorium Headline Date
11/02/2001 Portland, ME Merill Auditorium Headline Date
11/03/2001 Providence, RI Providence PAC Headline Date
11/05/2001 Philadelphia, PA Electric Factory Headline Date
11/06/2001 Boston, MA Orpheum Theater Headline Date
11/08/2001 New York, NY Beacon Theater Headline Date
11/09/2001 Washington, DC 9:30 Club Headline Date
11/11/2001 New Brunswick, NJ State Theater Headline Date
11/14/2001 Cleveland, OH Lakewood Civic Auditorium Headline Date
11/15/2001 Pittsburgh, PA Palumbo Centre Headline Date
11/16/2001 Louisville, KY Palace Headline Date
11/17/2001 Kansas City, MO Midland Theater Headline Date
11/19/2001 Denver, CO Fillmore
11/21/2001 Salt Lake City, UT Kingsbury Hall
11/23/2001 Portland, OR Schnitzel
11/24/2001 Seattle, WA Paramount Theater
11/26/2001 Oakland, CA Paramount
11/27/2001 Los Angeles, CA Royce Hall
11/29/2001 San Diego, CA Copely Symphony Hall
11/30/2001 Las Vegas, NV The Joint
12/01/2001 Phoenix, AZ The Web Theatre
12/02/2001 Albuquerque, NM Kiva Auditorium
12/04/2001 Dallas, TX Bronco Bowl
12/06/2001 Houston, TX Aerial Theater
12/07/2001 Austin, TX austin city limits
12/08/2001 Memphis, TN Orpheum Theater Memphis Headline Date
12/10/2001 Atlanta, GA TBD
12/11/2001 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium
12/12/2001 Cincinnati, OH Taft Theater
12/14/2001 Chicago, IL Arie Crown Theater
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