Nanci Griffith \u2013 New Album – Intersection
\nOut February 20th on Proper Records<\/p>\n
Twenty albums now, and none before like this.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s emotional for me, and it\u2019s personal, and it makes my heart pound, thinking I\u2019m going to be totally exposed here,\u201d says Nanci Griffith, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter and Americana Music Association Lifetime Achievement Award winner. Intersection is not an album of resolution or closure; it\u2019s an album about difficulties, about anger, about things that slip away and things that explode.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve had a hard life, and I write it down,\u201d Griffith sings on the title track, and that line serves as a statement of fact and purpose, and as a gentler way to explain her near-shouted musical exclamation, \u201cHell no, I\u2019m not alright.\u201d Intersection is an examination of a particularly difficult time for Griffith, fraught with personal bust-ups, with family turmoil, with hard miles and tears and habits to break. \u201cSometimes making the best is doing the worst to yourself,\u201d she sings here.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s funny what happens with songs. Funny that Griffith\u2019s personal \u201chell no\u201d moment – delivered here in a frenzy that somehow simultaneously recalls Buddy Holly, Pete Seeger, and The Ramones – can produce a gladdening shock of recognition in audience members who had bought tickets to hear contemplative Griffith gems like \u201cLove at the Five and Dime\u201d and \u201cTrouble in the Fields\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody seems to have an investment in \u2018Hell No,\u2019 and in \u2018Intersection\u2019 as well,\u201d Griffith says. \u201cSo many people are at an intersection in their life, with the way the economy is, with foreclosures and downsizing… For me, Intersection is my musical crossroads.\u201d<\/p>\n
It is those crossroads, those intersections, that are at the center of Griffith\u2019s latest work. Twenty albums now, and only one like this, but it\u2019s funny what happens with songs. Sometimes making the best is doing the worst to yourself, but sometimes making the best is singing your truth, even if it makes your heart pound. <\/p>\n
NANCI GRIFFITH PROPOSED UK\/IRELAND TOUR<\/p>\n
27\/02\/12 Drogheda TLT Theatre
\n28\/02\/12 Navan Solstice Arts Centre
\n29\/02\/12 Ennis Glor
\n02\/03\/12 Galway Town Hall Theatre
\n03\/03\/12 Kilkenny Watergate Theatre
\n04\/03\/12 Cork Everyman Palace
\n06\/03\/12 Wexford Opera House
\n07\/03\/12 Waterford Theatre Royal
\n08\/03\/12 Dublin The Helix
\n10\/03\/12 Glasgow Concert Hall
\n11\/03\/12 Salford The Lowry
\n12\/03\/12 Birmingham Town Hall
\n14\/03\/12 London SBE
\n15\/03\/12 London or Bristol Venue TBA
\n16\/03\/12 Milton Keynes The Stables
\n18\/03\/12 Swansea Grand Theatre
\n19\/03\/12 Bexhill On Sea Del A Warr Pavilion
\n21\/03\/12 Scunthorpe Baths Hall
\n22\/03\/12 Gateshead The Sage
\n23\/03\/12 York Barbican<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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