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Those familiar with Lucy Wainwright Roche are aware of her bell tone voice, her unshakable melodies, and her knack for wise, wry lyrics that clench the heart. It's no surprise that Wainwright Roche is the daughter of Suzzy Roche (The Roches) and Loudon Wainwright III, half sibling to Rufus and Martha Wainwright. She grew up steeped in music.
But Lucy has carved out her own career as a touring singer/songwriter and recording artist, having sold over 50 thousand copies of her four critically acclaimed solo recordings released on her own label: "Eight Songs," "Eight More," "Lucy," and "Theres a Last Time for Everything." Other recordings include a collaboration with her sister Martha Wainwright on "Songs In the Dark," a collection of lullabies, and two duet recordings with her mother Suzzy Roche: "Fairytale and Myth" (winner of Vox Pop Independent Music Awards) and most recently, "Mud and Apples."
For over a decade, as a solo act, armed with a guitar, a deadpan sense of humor, killer songs, and a voice that makes tough guys cry, shes built a solid following across the US and Europe. As an opening act she has often appeared with such luminaries as The Indigo Girls, Mary Chapin Carpenter, and Neko Case, and shes one of a few who can step out alone in front of a thousand strangers and play an entire set to a rapt audience.
Now, on her new release Little Beast (due out September 28th 2018) Lucy ups the ante with a dynamic, emotional recording masterfully and artfully co-produced with Jordan Brooke Hamlin. This collection of songs is an urgent and poetic call to a world gone awry. The journey from song to song is downright cinematic. One minute she eases us in with her flat-footed authenticity, and the next she lets loose with her wild side, and we imagine her howling at the moon. In "Heroin," the first single from Little Beast, Lucy Wainwright Roche is hugging hairpin turns on the outside lane and you know its true. Sometimes chasing love is dangerous business: "Its the Million Dollar Highway on a snowy day / Its why I had to go, its why I longed to stay..."
There are many standouts on "Little Beast": "Heroin," "Quit with Me," "In Relation to Disaster," "Trouble," "Behind the Wheel," and "Ohio is for Lovers" are a few, but perhaps "Soft Line," a wrenching plea to a lost love as it slips away, is the most haunting track. Simply put, the song is a dagger to the heart: "Watch out or the sun will set / On the picture we tried to get / On the story of why we met..."
Theres nothing "little" about Lucy Wainwright Roches "Little Beast." Its fierce, unflinching, and will undoubtedly place her squarely at the top of her game.
https://www.lucywainwrightroche.com/
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LocationBryant Lake Bowl Cabaret Theater (View)
810 W Lake Street
Minneapolis, MN 55408
United States
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