Oh, and also...
THIS is my new favorite person.
I don't know her, but I caught her on NPR last week, and she is doing what I've often dreamed of doing (and would if I could sing or play guitar). Making amazing music for kids. Children's records that don't suck. My CD (the one in my head) is full of Tom T Hall's "I love" and also "After Hours" by the Velvet Underground. Not to mention the Beatles' "I Will" and "Try Not To Get Worried" from the JC Superstar soundtrack, and though my new favorite person seems to have missed ALL of those tracks, maybe she's just saving them for her next project....
I wonder if maybe she'd like to do a record of the songs from "Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains" when it comes out? I wonder if Random House would allow something like that? I don't know the rules.
At any rate, her name is Elizabeth.... Mitchell. And you should go get her CDs, and love her lots.
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Damn, Laurel. Make than an extra $32 we owe to the credit card this month because she is AMAZING. I can't wait to hear her version of "3 is a magic number". Her voice just melts into my ears.
I've been in a huge Paul Simon groove this week, so my kids (though they love him) are probably ready to hear something new. Thanks for the heads up.
I really liked her album with Lisa Loeb, too. It was released as a book and album, actually.
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