With an appeal to bring women’s voices back to the forefront, Dawn Landes brings us her new album, The Liberated Woman’s Songbook.
The album reimagines music from the women’s liberation movement, with songs featured in The Liberated Woman’s Songbook, originally published in 1971. Landes, along with producer Josh Kaufman (Bonny Light Horseman, Bob Weir, Cassandra Jenkins) highlights 11 musical stories from the canon of women’s activism, from 1830 to 1970. These messages are just as timely today as they were then.
The Liberated Woman’s Songbook was recorded in Upstate New York at Little Pink and at The Garage in Chapel Hill, NC with Landes on leading vocals, guitar and organ and Kaufman steering guitars, keys, drums, bass, mandolin and percussion. Landes enlisted an array of powerful voices to accentuate the vital messages that run throughout the album, including Emily Frantz of Watchhouse, Kanene Pipkin of The Lone Bellow, Rissi Palmer, Charly Lowry, Annie Nero and Lizzy Ross (Violet Bell).
In July 2023, Landes and Kaufman dazzled audiences with a live performance of The Liberated Woman’s Songbook at the Newport Folk Festival. Look out for select performances of The Liberated Woman’s Songbook featuring guest artists and luminaries Alice Gerrard and Peggy Seeger.
credits
released March 29, 2024
Produced by Josh Kaufman
Reimagined by Dawn Landes & Josh Kaufman
Recorded at Little Pink (NY) & The Garage (NC)
Mixed and Mastered by D. James Goodwin
Design by Nathan Golub
Photo by Shervin Lainez
Featuring
Dawn Landes on vocals, guitar, organ
Josh Kaufman on guitars, keys, drums, bass, mandolin, vibes, percussion
JT Bates on drums
Annie Nero on upright bass
James Felice on accordion (8)
Matt Douglas on horns and flutes (10)
Oliver Hill strings (3)
Emily Frantz on vocals (6) and fiddle (9)
Kanene Pipkin on vocals (9)
Rissi Palmer on vocals (11)
Lizzy Ross on vocals (11)
Charly Lowry on vocals (7,11)
Annie Nero on vocals (2,3,5,8)
Dawn Landes is a singer-songwriter with roots in Kentucky and NYC, now living in North Carolina. She has released multiple
albums and her songs have been featured in commercials, popular films, and TV shows. Landes tours internationally and has performed with The Boston Pops, NYC Ballet, and at TED....more
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