Lilith Fair, the all-female festival founded by Canadian musician Sarah MacLachlan in 1997, is set to return after a break of ten years. Slated to take to the stage for this year’s extravaganza include Sheryl Crow, Mary J. Blige, Ke$ha, Tegan and Sara, Erykah Badu; with Norah Jones, Cat Power, Loretta Lynn, Heart and Gossip having just been added to the bill. The touring musical extravaganza will be hitting over twenty cities this summer, including: Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Calgary, Charlotte, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Edmonton, Hartford, Houston, Indianapolis, London, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Montreal, Nashville, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Portland, Raleigh, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis, Tampa, Toronto, Vancouver, DC and West Palm Beach. That’s a lot of cities. The full lineup is available for perusal at the Lilith Fair site.
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Jack White To Produce Wanda Jackson LP
11.16.09It seems impossible to avoid hearing about Jack White these days. Snubbing Slash’s invitation to duet, releasing wildly exclusive vinyl through Third Man, helming three bands and now producing Wanda Jackson’s new LP. The 72-year-old sassy septuagenarian belle has worked with some pretty cool collaborators over the years. Her 2003 album Heart Trouble had Elvis Costello and The Cramps pitching in, as well as having a thing with Elvis Presley for a while. Jackson has some idea of what White is capable of, but she seems eager to push herself (and I’d wager her producer) to create something exciting. Jackson mentions the work that Jack White and Loretta Lynn did together on Lynn’s Van Lear Rose (2004): “They had a super album, but he didn’t have her do anything different. She just did her little Loretta Lynn songs. But he told me he’s gonna stretch me some, so we’ll see.” I’m keeping my eye on this, because if there is one thing that is guaranteed to be exciting, it’s watching a rockabilly/country/rock living legend like Wanda Jackson rise to a challenge.
