Midwest Rocker’s
Cover of Elliott Murphy's Song Speaks for Our Time
Murphyland
Records’ new release of Abigail Rose Clark’s exciting version of “Just A Story
from America” (the title track off the Elliott Murphy 1977 album of the same
name which featured Phil Collins on drums) on all known streaming platforms
(Spotify, Deezer, Apple Music etc.). The release is part of celebrations of
Elliott’s 74th birthday (March 16).
Abigail
Rose Clark is the talented daughter of Dane Clark, the longtime drummer of
John Mellencamp. Dane produced “Just A Story From America” and played
drums. Check out his amazing drum fill at the end of the track. Elliott
was completely blown away when he first heard Abigail’s version of JASFA he was
thrilled with the new life she imbued in his nearly 50-year-old classic song.
Hopefully
this marks the beginning of a strong collaboration between a great new artist
and a classic songwriter...
The song, which declares, "You make me
happy AND depressed," is about the love and hate in relationships. "I
was looking for a simple way to bring different visual extremes together in one
video," says Kathy, "and we opted for the day-night quick edits that
you see. Kind of a stark difference to go from bright daylight right into
moonlight, and back again. It may even be a little disorienting, which is
exactly right! The video was filmed on my rooftop on the lower east side of
Manhattan."
The production was helmed by cinematographer
Alex Levin, who has worked with major brands including Nike, Conde Nast,
RedBull, NatGeo. He says, “I believe a good story deserves to be told no matter
the scale.”Kai and Victoria Vallas-Cullen edited
“Extremist.”
Kathy’s an indie-pop-singer-songwriter for
fans of artists like Kacey Musgraves, Phoebe Bridgers, Weyes Blood, Maggie
Rogers…. A resident of New York City, Kathy Zimmer is a native of rural
Nebraska. Her original love of acoustic guitars and tight vocal harmonies was
the product of being raised in a large musical family. In school, Zimmer
studied classical music, her education culminating in a master's degree from
the Cleveland Institute of Music.
Rock n’
Reel Magazine has declared Kathy as the “latter day Joan Baez.” The Roots Music
Report proclaims, “At various turns enchanting, haunting and soothing—and at
times a bit of all of these—Ms. Zimmer’s sophisticated song crafting never
fails to charm.”
EXTREMIST
Everybody
needs a little balance
A kiss from heaven, kick from hell
A proper love and a shadowy dalliance
A swimming pool, and a deep dark well
All things in moderation
Sweet and sour, this and that
A little virtue, salacious temptation
A puffed-up ego and a trip and fall flat
But you make me happy and depressed
You are nothing in the middle
My own personal extremist
One moment, I’m on top of the world
Tightrope walking, I can see for miles and miles
Next minute, cut me down to size
A wrecking ball
You capsize me
Night is dark and day is light
Don’t know to expect love or a fight
I open up to snap back shut
I can’t figure out, what do you want?
C 2022/2023
by Kathy Zimmer, BMI, Zimmer, Katherine Louise, All Rights Reserved
Avant
fusionist available for all media Joe
Olnick’s new avant-fusion album, IGUANA is out, and available on every major streaming/download platform
online in the world: Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Tidal, Deezer, Amazon,
Google, CD Baby. Look for the album on Bandcamp, plus CDs through CDBaby. Here's the SmartUrl: http://smarturl.it/4a8362 The
media is giving a thumbs up to IGUANA, which is Joe’s 7th
album.
Jeff Collins, host of Hard Rock
Hell’s radio show, The Rock Jukebox” calls IGUANA “one of the best of the
year! a magnificent album!” KOCF Eugene,
Oregon’s Andy Goldfinger says Joe’s album has “that feel of cool. It crosses
the boundaries of genre and lets the listener just feel the music." Vents Magazine’s Steve Kinrade offers an eclectic comparison in his review of
the album, mentioning its range from musical styles from Yes, Ian Dury, James
Brown to an obscure British singer-songwriter named Peter Greenwood. He writes
that the album is “worth a thorough investigation.”
Olnick,
and bandmates—bassist Jamie Aston and drummer Stew Bradley are performing live,
"Our live shows have become a
really cool multimedia experience, with custom videos being projected during
most of the show. And our concerts have always expanded on themes from the
recordings, using exciting improvisational techniques that come from playing
for many years. Every concert is unique, and a lot of fun.”
Along
with the album release, the group's second track is “Don’s Theme,” an introspective instrumental based
on the Iguana (from the album cover) walking into the room in a slow and thoughtful
way.
Designed by artist Ron Good (of the horror series,
God-Awful Comics), the album art tells the story of a misunderstood iguana
named Don, who struggles to find his own hot rock to rest on. Joe says there
are parallels of the animal’s life and his career, as it’s a struggle to find
support for creating original, instrumental music! Joe calls his music “avant-jam” and fusion like Medeski,
Martin & Wood and New Mastersounds. In addition to guitar, Joe plays sax
and bass, plus works as a recording engineer. In 2012, he released his first
CD, and continued self-producing with albums from ambient to jazz/rock
genres.
Jordan Rudess and his daughter Kayla recorded a pop song, “For the Moment” to help benefit the non-profit Central Asia Institute (www.ikat.org) that helps community education in regions throughout Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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