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Two years after making waves with her debut solo album, Real Life, Joan as Police Woman (nee Joan Wasser) is ready for the release of her sophomore effort, To Survive, due June 10th via Cheap Lullaby Records.
After years of performing alongside the likes of Lou Reed, Anthony and the Johnsons and Rufus Wainwright, Joan struck out on a solo path – creating Joan as Police Woman and honing a soulful yet edgy sound that would grab critics’ and audiences’ attention immediately. Real Life was released in the UK in 2006 and US in 2007 to rave reviews, and To Survive follows in the same footsteps as its predecessor with ten new tracks addressing life, love, death, and the current state of American politics.
Joan as Police Woman will be performing at New York City’s Mercury Lounge on Wednesday, May 14th before embarking on an overseas tour throughout the month of June.
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Joan as Police Woman - “To Be Loved” from To Survive
What the Press said about Joan as Police Woman’s debut album, Real Life (2007 US / 2006 UK):
“Real Life is one of the strongest and most distinctive records released in ages. Buy it now.”
Sunday Times
“Stunning” (4 stars)
Metro
“There might not be a better debut all year.”
The Times
“There is a fire in the sophistication, could be Willie Mitchell producing a more melodic Kim Gordon” (4 stars)
Uncut Magazine
“Joan Wasser is the best champagne in the world. A voice so wondrous and moving that it makes everyone else’s seem ordinary and mundane, the indie generation’s Dusty Springfield. ‘The Ride’ is the most majestic sad song ever and so good it will make you shiver.”
The Guardian (Record of the Week)
“Don’t be misled by her band’s kooky name: there’s no role-playing here, nor the slightest trace of affectation in Wasser’s soulful, sandpaper voice. Just 10 short songs – memorable brushes with love and other obsessions – performed with a sincerity that is both heartfelt and heartbreaking.
Telegraph Review - Included in “The Finest Albums of 2006” feature
“A unique and creative expression with few sonic peers, Real Life is the sound of Wasser perfecting her craft, building emotional arrangements around gorgeous melodies, sometimes stark and often haunting.”
Amplification Magazine
Q Magazine - Voted #60 in the 100 Greatest Albums of 2006; “Eternal Flame” voted #46 in 100 Great Undiscovered Tracks of 2006
(Los Angeles, CA) Singer/songwriter Rebecca Pidgeon will open for singer Aimee Mann on June 6th at the House Of Blues in Anaheim, CA. The evening will consist of a special acoustic-styled set with regular players, gutarist Willie Aaron (Peter Himmelman) and drummer Debra Dobkin (Shawn Colvin) For Pidgeon, whose new album Behind The Velvet Curtain pulls back the screen on her alluring vocal style and absorbing songwriting talent, such a coveted live showcase couldn’t come at a better time. Drawing raves for her fifth studio album, produced by 2008 Grammy winner Larry Klein (Herbie Hancock’s River: The Joni Letters), the provocative artist is beginning to be recognized for her music in the same glowing terms as she is for her much lauded acting career, (she appears in many of writer/director David Mamet’s film, including Redbelt, and acclaimed roles in Heist, The Winslow Boy, and others)
An essential contributor to the authentic motifs that round out Redbelt’s enigmatic sound, Rebecca shines on every track on the new CD, deftly weaving between styles. There’s the intrigue of “Long Island Poem,” a song crafted from a strained dinner encounter; the Bossa Nova slink of “Dawn,” which she boldly reprises in fluent Portuguese at the end of the album, (titled “Manha),” thanks to a translation by singer Luciana Souza, who also appears with Rebecca on the Brazilian-tinged duet “When You Were Mine.” In between, the singer/actress trades on the softer currents of a voice that manages to sound as confident as it is caressing, including a wistful cover of the Beach Boys classic “Wouldn’t It Be Nice,” and two songs co-written by playwright/film director (and Rebecca’s husband) David Mamet.
After releasing an impressive string of albums in the mid-90s, including the acclaimed New York Girls’ Club and Four Marys, Rebecca and Klein connected in 2002 to begin the rough sketches for Tough On Crime, which was also produced by Larry Klein and released in 2005.
Most recently, another song penned by Pidgeon and Mamet, “Army Brat,” has been embraced by several military spouse bloggers. A homemade video for the song, shot in Rebecca’s backyard and shot by Mamet, was featured on the online milspouse destination militarywives.com and armywives.com.
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