New Cry Cry Cry Album to Benefit Small Music Venues
Acclaimed singer-songwriters Lucy Kaplansky, Richard Shindell, and Dar Williams, who together make up the celebrated folk-pop collaboration Cry Cry Cry, are thrilled to announce the digital release of “Live @ the Freight,” recorded at the last show of their sold out 20-year reunion tour in 2018. The band’s first full-length release in decades includes selections from their eponymous debut, favorites by each of the individuals, and some choice new-to-the-band tunes. The group made its mark uncovering hidden gems, bringing attention to fellow songwriters, and continued that process with these new arrangements of songs composed since 2000.
All proceeds from the release will benefit Live Music Society, a non-profit organization providing grants to small, independent music venues that have been impacted by the global COVID-19 pandemic. Live Music Society seeks to “help venues survive through this crisis and to thrive once again when they are able to open their doors.” Lucy, Richard, and Dar have individually performed for years at a network of small venues including most of those that have received grants in the first round of grant relief. With this new release Cry Cry Cry seeks to support these vital musical and cultural institutions; a reunion of three building reunions of communities of music fans.
“Live @ the Freight” is the band’s only album release since their astonishingly successful eponymous debut in 1998, “Cry Cry Cry.” A mainstay on radio during the late 1990s and early 2000s, the debut ranked fourth among AAA radio stations most played records in 1999 and continued in high rotation well into the 2000s. The album’s release was followed by a sold out nationwide tour the following year, including New York’s Town Hall.
Cry Cry Cry received stellar reviews from the press: The Washington Post raved, “Cry Cry Cry illustrates the advantages of taking the best works of contemporary folk musicians and fleshing them out with lovely, three-part harmonies” and the New York Times cheered for the trio’s “gorgeous harmonies.” Entertainment Weekly gave the album an A, and said that “Cry Cry Cry’s purity of heart and sound is spirit renewing.”
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Live @ the Freight
Performed by:
Lucy Kaplansky - vocals, acoustic guitar, mandolin
Richard Shindell - vocals, acoustic & electric guitars
Dar Williams - vocals, acoustic guitar
1. The Kid - Buddy Mondlock
2. Reunion - Lucy Kaplansky & Rick Litvin
3. Memphis - Cliff Eberhardt
4. Something To Get Through - Dar Williams
5. I Know Why The River Runs - Julie Miller
6. The Ghost In You - Richard Butler
7. The Ballad of Mary Magdalen - Richard Shindell
8. Are You Happy Now? - Richard Shindell
9. Go - Michele Gedney
10. Never Cry Again - John Fullbright
11. Satellites - Richard Shindell
12. Ten Year Night - Lucy Kaplansky & Rick Litvin
13. Cathedrals - Jay Clifford
14. Cold Missouri Waters - James Keeleghan
15. Iowa - Dar Williams
16. By Way Of Sorrow* - Julie Miller
17. Auld Lang Syne - words Robert Burns / music traditional
Recorded live at The Freight & Salvage, Berkeley, CA, on April 15, 2018.
Produced by Greg Anderson
Engineered by Bob Whitfield & Heidi Trefethen
(*track 16 recorded live at The Calvin Theater, Northampton, MA, on March 31st, 2018. Engineered by Jim Frogameni)
Mixed by Greg Anderson & Sara Milonovich, Beacon, NY
Mastered by Mark Dann