Shelby lynne and allison moorer live with memories and music. Shelby lynne and allison moorer come together in sisterly harmony at largo the sisters are finally touring as a unit after years as solo acts of separatebutequal esteem. Shelby lynne and allison moorers not dark yet comes out aug. It s as deep, haunting, knowing, and beautiful as the alabama woods they once called home. Blood is a heartbreaking memoir by allison moorer, the country musician. Allison moorer releases new track and announces special hybrid. The tall elegant allison moorer had barely taken the stage and said hello when. Their latest work, not dark yet produced by teddy thompson. Since then she has started her own independent record label, called everso records, and released three albums. The song was also featured in robert redfords the horse whisperer and as a result was nominated for an academy award for best. Shelby lynne and allison moorer live with memories and. Shelby lynne and allison moorer tour 20202021 find. I didnt know she was shelby lynnes sister, or that she married steve earle and later, hayes carll. Shelby lynne and allison moorer join forces for an album born of the bonds of sisterhood.
Allison moorers excellent 2000 album the hardest part is a song cycle about an onandoff relationship, and as such it covers the highs and lows, the breaking up and getting back together, the anger and sadness and love and lust. Shelby lynne and allison moorer bring it all back home. By steve houk for many people, words can take on several different meanings. Go on, get your biscuit on, urges shelby lynne, moorers older sister, who is curled up on the couch tickling the stomach of petey, the house chihuahua.
The duo will play its critically acclaimed album, not dark yet, in sequence and then. Sign up with your email address to receive news and updates. Lynne and moorers most recent album is not dark yet, which features eclectic songs choices from writers ranging from the louvin brothers and nick cave to kurt cobain and jessie colter. The sisters share a transcendent musical bond, which has helped. Npr premiered the track not dark yet is a highlight on an album whose collaborative spirit is rooted in a shared desire to push, with the utmost grace, against confining musical categories. Over the course of more than a dozen albums, the singerguitarist has. Moorer fills them with prose that has the sharp honesty of the greatest songwriters. I am a huge fan of earle and carll, but had no idea of their connection to moorer.
Shelby lynne and allison moorer as sisters with a painful. On monday, the npr program fresh air will highlight alabamaborn singersongwriter allison moorers exploration of a family tragedy in a new memoir and album. Musical sisters december 15, 2010 lynne and moorer are sisters with long, acclaimed solo careers, but theyve long kept their musical lives separate. Musical sisters lynne and moorer are sisters with long, acclaimed solo careers, but theyve long kept their musical lives separate. Produced by british folk artist teddy thompson, not dark yet was released on august 18, 2017. The bitter southerner allison moorer is known for songs of ragged, poetic honesty and for the emotional clarity of her country western ballads. Acclaimed singersongwriter allison moorer has announced a fall tour in support.
Billboard country chart with the release of her debut single, a soft place to fall, which she cowrote with gwil owen. For the latest release from their hotly anticipated firstever collaborative lp, not dark yet, sisters shelby lynne and allison moorer channel the close harmony of country music hall of fame legends the louvin brothers on every time you leave. Sisters shelby lynne and allison moorer, now with twentyfour albums and grammy, oscar, and many other kinds of awards and nominations between them, share that kind of transcendent musical bond. Years after her parents murdersuicide, musician allison moorer finds healing. I t took more than two decades and a shared output of 23 solo albums before alabamaborn singersongwriters and sisters shelby lynne and. I love music and have a few of her albums, but i had no idea about her history. Despite singing together since they were old enough to talk, it took a lifetime for sisters shelby lynne and allison moorer to record together. Almsot all covers, but when they are from the likes of jessi colter, nick cave, merle haggard, jason isabellamanda shires and kurt cobain thats not really a negative. I never heard of allison moorer,or her story, until i was listening to nprs fresh. Singer allison moorer finds healing from her parents murdersuicide on blood more than three decades after the death of her parents, moorer has a new memoir and companion album, both called. The title track is taken from the bob dylan song of the. Three years apart in age, lynne is the older of the two but readily admits moorer is the more practical of the pair. Allison moorer, right, and shelby lynne will perform at the vermilionville performance center on wednesday. Moorer and her older sister, singer shelby lynne, were left to live with.
Allison moorer was born into a musical family and raised in the small southern alabama town of frankville. Oct 29, 2019 i never heard of allison moorer,or her story, until i was listening to npr s fresh air with terry gross on the radio in ga, a few weeks, maybe a month ago. Aug 18, 2017 acoustic guitar allison moorer backing vocals teddy thompson bass taras prodaniuk drums, percussion michael jerome electric guitar doug pettibone, val mccallum piano, organ benmont tench vocals allison moorer, shelby lynne writtenby brandon flowers, dave brent keuning, mark august stoermer, ronnie jr. In my view, allison moorer and shelby lynne are two of the finest singers around and, being sisters, its high time they produced an album together. It is moorer s ninth studio album, lynne s fifteenth and marks the first official studio collaboration between the siblings. Sisters shelby lynne and allison moorer have collaborated to create new music. It is moorers ninth studio album, lynnes fifteenth and marks the first official studio collaboration between the siblings. Allison moorer, now 47, details the shocking murdersuicide that has shaped her life in a new memoir, blood, out tuesday. Stream adfree with amazon music unlimited on mobile. T heres only one original composition on not dark yet, a duets album from sisters allison moorer and shelby lynne. She signed to mca nashville in 1997 and made her debut on the u. It is moorers tenth studio album, lynnes fifteenth and marks the first official studio collaboration between the siblings. Critically acclaimed artists and sisters shelby lynne and allison moorer will release not dark yet on august 18th via silver cross records thirty tigers.
Shelby lynne and allison moorer grew up in frankville, a rural hamlet in southwest alabama. I happened to catch allison moorer discussing this book, her story, and her playing a few tunes of her songs from her musical cd blood and it hit me like a ton of bricks. I originally became aware of alison moorer and her sister shelby lynne. Shelby lynne and allison moorer bewitching sister act. Sisters shelby lynne and allison moorer have 24 albums, a grammy, oscar and a cluster of other prestigious awards between them. Sisters shelby lynne, allison moorer talk new covers album.
Aug 18, 2017 not dark yet is a duet album between sisters and countryamericana singersongwriters shelby lynne and allison moorer. Shelby lynne and allison moorer join forces for an album born of the bonds of. Singer allison moorer finds healing from her parents. Oct 29, 2019 allison moorer and her sister, shelby lynne, are both acclaimed singersongwriters allison with an oscar nomination, and shelby a grammy award. Shelby lynne has had a long and distinguished career in country and pop. While the sweetness of her instrument makes it work well for country, there are notes of blues and soul in her delivery, and she knows when to give her music a pop lilt and when to let the stronger emotions take hold.
The ponte vedra concert hall, in partnership with flying saucer presents, welcomes sister duo shelby lynne and allison moorer live in concert on sunday, november 5, 2017. Vermilionville performance center, 300 fisher road, lafayette. Though shelby lynne and her younger sister, allison moorer, have released a slew of solo records between them since the late 80s, not dark yet marks their first joint effort. Theres a mouthwatering smell coming from the kitch en of allison moorers lower manhattan apartment. Aug 16, 2017 sisters shelby lynne and allison moorer have 24 albums, a grammy, oscar and a cluster of other prestigious awards between them. The duo has released twentyfour albums over their career and have won a host of grammy, oscar, and other kinds or awards and nominations between them. Shelby lynne and allison moorer visit st augustine. Allison moorer and her sister, shelby lynne, are both acclaimed singersongwriters allison with an oscar nomination, and shelby a grammy award. In such lovely tandem, they really make you want to find a way to adopt in. A memoir and millions of other books are available for instant access. Shelby lynne and allison moorer as sisters with a painful bond shelby lynne, left, and allison moorer have collectively released 22 albums, but. She began her professional recording career in the late 1980s, and experienced her commercial breakthrough with the 1998 album i am shelby lynne. Shelby lynne is an american singer and songwriter and the older sister of allison moorer. Allison moorer would grow up to be an awardwinning musician, with her songs.
Aug 16, 2017 though shelby lynne and her younger sister, allison moorer, have released a slew of solo records between them since the late 80s, not dark yet marks their first joint effort. When i was twelve years old, my daddy made a cassette recording of our family singing and playing. Lynne and moorer have long been extolled for their exceptional strength and vision, as both songwriters and vocalists. Allison moorer and melanie falick discuss their books and the role of handwork in healing, accompanied by a stitching workshop at tatter. A gifted vocalist and a strong, literate songwriter, allison moorer was one of the most critically celebrated voices to rise at the edges of country music in the late 90s and 2000s. Aug, 2017 shelby lynne and allison moorer as sisters with a painful bond shelby lynne, left, and allison moorer have collectively released 22 albums, but hadnt recorded an lp together until now. Yes, she wrote a beautiful song years ago called blood, a loving homage to her sister, grammywinning musician shelby lynne, that spoke of their lifelong blood on blood bond of sisterhood.
Block, who had hosted moorer and shelby lynne on npr when they. Allison moorer pens memoir about parents murdersuicide. A companion album of the same name drops this friday. A tower of books sits next to the computer and desk, where moorer is trying to. For allison moorer, forgiveness and healing are a lifes work. So if you could read an excerpt from the beginning of your book in which you describe. Years after her parents murdersuicide, musician allison. Not dark yet is a cohesive duet album by shelby lynne and allison moorer, but not by the same measure as covers album typically are. Lynne talked of her delight to be in this setting with my sister whos written a book that you can go buy it off the shelf in book soup. Shelby lynne and allison moorer bewitching sister act goes. The songwriting sisters finally team up for the collaborative album their fans have been.
Acoustic guitar allison moorer backing vocals teddy thompson bass taras prodaniuk drums, percussion michael jerome electric guitar doug pettibone, val mccallum piano, organ benmont tench vocals allison moorer, shelby lynne writtenby brandon flowers, dave brent keuning, mark august stoermer, ronnie jr. United by blood, growing up in the backwoods of alabama and sharing an unspeakable tragedy they witnessed their father take their mothers life and then his own their coming together on not dark yet was perhaps inevitable, but it wasnt easy. Fans of acclaimed roots music songwriters shelby lynne and allison moorer may not actually be aware that the two are sisters. Iunveiled an exclusive first listen of the albums title track. The songs selected and covered are arranged close to the. Jennifer palmieri, nprs melissa block, shelby lynne, mary gauthier, and.
Produced by teddy thompson, their first and highly anticipated album together is an extraordinary debut of the pair s transcendent musical bond. She released a dusty springfield tribute album called just a little lovin in 2008. After the last song, feeling that feeling again, fades out, theres a pause, and then a hidden track, cold cold earth, starts up. February 5, 2010 after launching her career as a backing vocalist, moorer sister of shelby lynne and, more recently, the wife of steve earle. Aug 18, 2017 shelby lynne and allison moorer not dark yet thirty tigers records what if don and phil everly hadnt gotten around to making their first joint album until a couple of decades into their. They seldom showed up on each others recordings or.
For fans whove waited years for the two singersongwriters to do a project together, that reality may be a little disorienting. For more information about shelby lynne and allison moorer, as well as for details about this concert, please visit here. Not dark yet is a duet album between sisters and countryamericana singersongwriters shelby lynne and allison moorer. When i was twelve years old, my daddy made a cassette recording of our family singing and playing music together. Her sister shelby lynne is also a singersongwriter. It is moorer s tenth studio album, lynne s fifteenth and marks the first official studio collaboration between the siblings. Lynne and moorer are sisters with long, acclaimed solo careers, but theyve long kept their musical lives separate. Singersongwriter allison moorer was 14 years old when her father shot and killed her mother and then himself. Allison moorer born june 21, 1972 is an american singersongwriter. Having grown up together in rural alabama, they took separate musical routes throughout their lives, collectvely released twentyfour albums, gathering a grammy, an oscar nod, and countless other awards and nominations. Her debut memoir exhibits these qualities and more.
Either lynne or moorer, in isolation, can feel like the sister you never had. Singer allison moorer revisits the murdersuicide of her. Allison moorers excellent 2000 album the hardest part is a song cycle about an. Moorer and her older sister, singer shelby lynne, were left to live with their. Not dark yet, an album by shelby lynne, allison moorer on spotify we and our partners use cookies to personalize your experience, to show you ads based on your interests, and for measurement and analytics purposes. Produced by teddy thompson, their first and highly anticipated album together is an extraordinary debut of. Npr s fresh air showcasing alabamas allison moorer posted nov 04, 2019 allison moorers new book and album, both titled blood, explores the murdersuicide of her parents and its. Allison moorers music has been nominated for an oscar, a grammy and an academy of country music award. Sisters shelby lynne and allison moorer are a fascinating study in contrasts.