Kitty Wells Dresses: Songs Of The Queen Of Country Music is the fifth full-length from New York City singer/songwriter Laura Cantrell, and as you probably deduced from the album’s title, the LP pays tribute to country music’s first female star. Cantrell recorded the 10-track record in Nashville, the city where both she and Wells were born. Aside from covering some of Wells’ most loved songs, Cantrell kicks off the album with the title track, a song she co-wrote with Amy Allison. Cantrell will be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our brand new Q&A with her.
Cantrell: I was lucky to get to play a bit this year with multi-instrumentalist Doug Wieselman. For once, I was able to impress my daughter, as Doug is a member of the team behind The Backyardigans, a really not irritating kids music show on Nick Jr. The characters, despite being a moose, a penguin, a hippo and a spotted alien called Uniqua, sing and dance realistically, albeit on themes like stopping evil robots taking over the earth, etc. I mentioned this particular episode to Doug, and he scratched his head, saying, “I think we modeled all those songs on ABBA.”
Video after the jump.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCKqZD1-ITU
