Butler Records Asu: CD-levy Vuosi: 2019, 06.09.2019 Kieli: Englanti
When singer/songwriter Lori Lieberman wrote the worldwide hit ‘Killing Me Softly’ in the early 70’s, her life changed forever. She became part of the renowned West Coast scene that also featured artists like The Eagles, Joni Mitchell, John Stewart which led to collaborations with Leonard Cohen amongst others.
Her new album ‘The Girl And The Cat’ sees her working with the Matangi Quartet, a Dutch string quartet well known for their ground-breaking collaborations with other musicians, both classical and popular. For this album, besides writing her lyrics and songs, she also arranged the scores and orchestrated for the string instruments with Stefanie Fife. The album release will be accompanied by a show in Carnegie Hall, followed by a Dutch tour.
Lori tells: ‘While I have been recording since the early (very early) 70’s, and performed for years, I’ve never been more excited than now, about my upcoming concerts. It’s an album that organically went from one piece to another, compositions that were written straight from the heart and detail my life in its struggles and inspirations. I’m at the grand piano this time around for most of it, and composer Stefanie Fife and I arranged the string orchestrations for the quartet, who I recorded in Holland. I had been looking for the right project to feature the Matangi Quartet since the time I first performed with them at the Royal Theatre Carré some years ago. I was drawn to their artistry and sensitivity and thought it would be a great match.’
