Teresa Chandler - Druthers
If you’ve seen her live performance, you know that Teresa Chandler is sensitively witty (she does comedy improv) as well as musically articulate (with her voice and acoustic guitar). You may not know that Teresa Chandler attributes her versatility to having lived in and adapted to the diverse cultures of Panama, Uganda, Pakistan and her native Arkansas.
Teresa’s debut album, Druthers, co-produced by the renowned Nina Gerber (who also contributes guitar), features the supportive talents of such other local musical luminaries as Jake Lampert (drums), Barbara Higbie(piano), and Crystal Reeves (violin), but the message is Teresa’s alone.
Each of the nine songs, written between 1972 and 1989 has something useful to give, There is the jazzy rhetorical questioning of “What Are Friends For”, the longing in “Crazy Blues,” and the friendly title cut. The most effective songs are those about internal struggle: trying to connect in love (the country “Highway Song”) trying to live with oneself (Dark Road”, with lovely harmonies), trying to live life day by day ( the poetry of ”Doing What We Can [House Song]”). The best, most complete, most dramatically believable, is “Buried Alive”, about trying to let go.
There are some fine tunes here, relating to love’s myriad configurations. The stylistic diversity is incredible, as is the vocal range between understated-intimate and big -voiced emotions. Teresa Chandler does for love what Joni Mitchell did for clouds and what Judy Fjell does for trees: Allows us to experience them from several worthwhile perspectives.
Teresa’s debut album, Druthers, co-produced by the renowned Nina Gerber (who also contributes guitar), features the supportive talents of such other local musical luminaries as Jake Lampert (drums), Barbara Higbie(piano), and Crystal Reeves (violin), but the message is Teresa’s alone.
Each of the nine songs, written between 1972 and 1989 has something useful to give, There is the jazzy rhetorical questioning of “What Are Friends For”, the longing in “Crazy Blues,” and the friendly title cut. The most effective songs are those about internal struggle: trying to connect in love (the country “Highway Song”) trying to live with oneself (Dark Road”, with lovely harmonies), trying to live life day by day ( the poetry of ”Doing What We Can [House Song]”). The best, most complete, most dramatically believable, is “Buried Alive”, about trying to let go.
There are some fine tunes here, relating to love’s myriad configurations. The stylistic diversity is incredible, as is the vocal range between understated-intimate and big -voiced emotions. Teresa Chandler does for love what Joni Mitchell did for clouds and what Judy Fjell does for trees: Allows us to experience them from several worthwhile perspectives.
Druthers
By Baron Dave Romm , BartCop Entertainment. 2008
In person, Teresa Chandler is shy and soft spoken. Alone with a guitar she's an experienced performer who knows how to use her voice. On the CD, she's a presence. Druthers is highly recommended. It's a bargain at CDBaby or through the iTunes store.
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In person, Teresa Chandler is shy and soft spoken. Alone with a guitar she's an experienced performer who knows how to use her voice. On the CD, she's a presence. Druthers is highly recommended. It's a bargain at CDBaby or through the iTunes store.
Read full review here
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TAX THE RICH - Free download
These days, my email inbox is overflowing with pleas for donations to pay for political ads to fight the big Right Wing/FOX/Koch Brothers money machine. I don't have the money to do that - I have responsibilities that come first - like big oil subsidies and helping GE.... anyway, I thought I'd skip the middleman and try to spread my viewpoint myself.
A few other folks jumped on this bandwagon and with some cooperative, creative, fun and work we now have this song to share. Please help us spread the joy.
Here is the 2011 version of Tax the Rich.
Our goal is to spread this song as far and fast as possible so please feel free to give this away/post it/ use it in any ( not for profit) way you can imagine to spread the word. If you want to use this as a soundtrack and need a higher than MP3 quality file, just let me know.
You can also just add it to your playlist for fun!
This version of Tax the Rich is a re-write of the Over Our Heads Comedy Troupe song, by Teresa Chandler and Karen Ripley.
Since we wrote this song in 1992, taxes on the richest Americans have just gone down.
I now live in Wisconsin - need I say more....
If you play music, I would be honored if you would add this to your set list. -
Special thanks to Tracy Stark for making time in her busy schedule to kick out the basic tracks for this.
To Kyle Bonderson, the zen master of engineering at Velvet Brick Studio in River Falls, WI for saving me (and you) from Garageband.
To Chris LeRoux for dashing down to do last minute backup vocals (and Dave for keeping the kids while she did).
And to everyone who understands that political is personal, and that if we work together we really can have a beautiful, prosperous, healthy, country.
A few other folks jumped on this bandwagon and with some cooperative, creative, fun and work we now have this song to share. Please help us spread the joy.
Here is the 2011 version of Tax the Rich.
Our goal is to spread this song as far and fast as possible so please feel free to give this away/post it/ use it in any ( not for profit) way you can imagine to spread the word. If you want to use this as a soundtrack and need a higher than MP3 quality file, just let me know.
You can also just add it to your playlist for fun!
This version of Tax the Rich is a re-write of the Over Our Heads Comedy Troupe song, by Teresa Chandler and Karen Ripley.
Since we wrote this song in 1992, taxes on the richest Americans have just gone down.
I now live in Wisconsin - need I say more....
If you play music, I would be honored if you would add this to your set list. -
Special thanks to Tracy Stark for making time in her busy schedule to kick out the basic tracks for this.
To Kyle Bonderson, the zen master of engineering at Velvet Brick Studio in River Falls, WI for saving me (and you) from Garageband.
To Chris LeRoux for dashing down to do last minute backup vocals (and Dave for keeping the kids while she did).
And to everyone who understands that political is personal, and that if we work together we really can have a beautiful, prosperous, healthy, country.
