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The album is her sixth collaboration with
producer Mitchell Froom (Crowded House
Elvis Costello Randy Newman) and was funded
through family friends and fans via ‘Kickstarter’
where
was pledged Harking back to
the raw soul and sound of the seventies
sometimes reminiscent of early Aretha the
songs contain original concrete poetic images
showcasing what someone can do with
experience talent and deep belief
‘For me ‘Rookie’ is a landmark album Suddenly
I’m a highly experienced human who has
nothing to lose so I’m throwing myself out
there in a very raw real and unadorned way…
looking back on lost love fading into the
distance from the perspective of a person who
is digging deeper and
reconciling those
relationships’
Shepard released her first hit ‘Can’t We Try’ in
and followed it with ‘Don’t Cry Ilene’ from
her first album on Reprise Records in
She
went on to record three solo albums before
rising to greater prominence in
as the
creative force behind the memorable theme
song ‘Searching My Soul’ for the TV series ‘Ally
McBeal’ She played an integral part in writing
and producing the music for the soundtrack as
the show’s musical director and appeared in
every episode as the resident performer at a bar
where the characters would hang out after
work
She has just recently completed her debut as a
musical stage actress in Randy Newman’s
‘Faust: The Concert’ where critics have raved
about her outstanding performance
‘
One of the year’s great stage moments to date
Newman and multi Emmy and Grammy winner
Shepard brought the house down in the second
act with the gorgeous duet ‘Feels Like Home’
’
Theatermania com
The album title is somewhat ironic Vonda
Shepard is certainly no ‘Rookie’ as the quality
of the music and her amazing stage
performances will attest to Catch her live at
Huntingdon Hall Worcester in October
OCT
15
Singer songwriter Vonda Shepard announces the
upcoming release of her th album ‘Rookie’ and
an extensive UK tour beginning th October
