Just Like A Rose: The Anniversary Sessions,
Out June 9, 2023
Guests include Steve Earle, Buddy Miller, Rosie Flores, Paul Burch & more
With tracks produced by Don Fleming (Sonic Youth/Teenage Fanclub), David Mansfield (Bob Dylan, T-Bone Burnett), Rosie Flores (Wanda Jackson, Janis Martin) with Ed Stasium (Talking Heads, Ramones), and Paul Burch (Lambchop)
Co-writes include songs with Mark Winchester (Randy Travis, Carlene Carter), Fred Wilhelm (Rascal Flats, Faith Hill), and Gary Burr (Patty Loveless, Ringo Starr), along with an unreleased song from Amy Rigby and new recording of “When the Roses Bloom Again,” adapted by Jeff Tweedy
Beloved singer-songwriter Laura Cantrell has her new song “When The Roses Bloom Again,” today. The track is the third single off her forthcoming album, her first in nine years, Just Like A Rose: The Anniversary Sessions, set to be released on June 9, 2023 on the Propeller Sound Recordings label. Listen and share the “When The Roses Bloom Again” here
Just Like A Rose: The Anniversary Sessions features Laura’s longtime friends Steve Earle, Buddy Miller, Rosie Flores and Paul Burch, and was produced variously by Don Fleming (Sonic Youth/Teenage Fanclub), David Mansfield (Bob Dylan, T-Bone Burnett), Rosie Flores (Wanda Jackson, Janis Martin) with Ed Stasium (Talking Heads, Ramones), and Paul Burch (Lambchop, Ralph Stanley), and features musicians Mark Spencer (Son Volt, Lisa Loeb), Jeremy Chatzky (Ronnie Spector, Bruce Springsteen), Kenny Vaughan (Marty Stuart’s Fabulous Superlatives), Fats Kaplan (John Prine, Jack White), Dennis Crouch (Robert Plant, Diana Krall), and Jen Gunderman (Sheryl Crow, Jayhawks). Co-writers on the album include Mark Winchester (Randy Travis, Carlene Carter), Fred Wilhelm (Rascal Flats, Faith Hill), Gary Burr (Patty Loveless, Ringo Starr) and others.
Although the album was originally intended to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Cantrell’s debut album in 2020, recording was delayed due to covid restrictions. The new collection was completed in studios located in both the New York City area and Nashville.
The material spans Cantrell’s most recent songwriting and songs she’s been humming to herself since before she’d had her own band or played her own shows. “It is interesting maturing into your musical worldview, you still have songs that hit you like you’re a teenager with your first crush, and others that reflect more experience and nuance, or frustration with tough realities, and then those you just love purely as music – there’s a bit of it all on this album.”
Since 2000, Cantrell has released albums “Not the Tremblin’ Kind,” “When The Roses Bloom Again,” “Humming By The Flowered Vine,” “Kitty Wells Dresses: Songs of the Queen of Country Music,” “No Way There From Here,” and “The BBC Sessions.” She has toured extensively in the US, UK and Ireland, and was a favorite of pioneering British DJ John Peel, who called her first album, “Not the Tremblin’ Kind,” “my favorite record of the last ten years, and possibly my life.” Cantrell recorded several Peel Sessions for the BBC from 2000-2004 and appeared on the first Peel Day program on Radio One commemorating the first anniversary of Peel’s death.
Cantrell’s music has been celebrated in the press, including features in the New York Times, “O” Magazine, Elle, the Wall Street Journal, The Sunday Times of London, and Maverick Magazine. Cantrell’s music has been featured on NPR’s “All Things Considered,” “On Point” and “Weekend Edition,” and the BBC’s “Women’s Hour.” She has performed on “A Prairie Home Companion,” “Mountain Stage,” and the “Grand Old Opry,” and appeared on the television programs “Late Night with Conan O’Brien,” and BBC One’s “The Andrew Marr Show.” She is currently the host of “Dark Horse Radio,” SiriusXM’s program about George Harrison that runs on The Beatles Channel, and “States of Country” on the streaming service, GimmeCountry.
Track listing for Just Like A Rose: The Anniversary Sessions
1. Push the Swing (Laura Cantrell/Mark Winchester)
2. Bide My Time (Mark Winchester/Laura Cantrell)
3. Brand New Eyes (Amy Rigby)
4. Just Like a Rose (Laura Cantrell/Mark Spencer)
5. When the Roses Bloom Again (Jeff Tweedy/Public Domain)
6. Secret Language (Laura Cantrell)
7. Unaccompanied (Laura Cantrell/Fred Wilhelm)
8. I’m Gonna Miss This Town (Laura Cantrell/Fred Wilhelm)
9. Good Morning Mr. Afternoon (Joe Flood)
10. Holding You in My Heart (Laura Cantrell/Gary Burr)
11. AWM – Bless (Laura Cantrell/Mark Spencer)