Every great lead character deserves to make an entrance to a bespoke theme song. But rarely is it played on the banjo. But as audiences of Peacock’s hit mystery series “Poker Face” know, nothing else could possibly do justice to Natasha Lyonne’s Charlie Cale, a human lie detector on the run across small-town America.
“In Act 1 of each episode, we see the murder, and then at the beginning of Act 2, Charlie appears, and that’s when we hear it,” explained composer Nathan Johnson. The creative decision strayed from the convention laid out in the crime-of-the-week shows of the ’70s and ’80s that inspired the series by not dropping under the title cards. Instead, Johnson wanted to allow the audience to “land in a completely new place every time with no preconceived ideas.”
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“In Act 1 of each episode, we see the murder, and then at the beginning of Act 2, Charlie appears, and that’s when we hear it,” explained composer Nathan Johnson. The creative decision strayed from the convention laid out in the crime-of-the-week shows of the ’70s and ’80s that inspired the series by not dropping under the title cards. Instead, Johnson wanted to allow the audience to “land in a completely new place every time with no preconceived ideas.”
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- 3/3/2023
- by Simon Thompson
- Indiewire
Thirteen years after the release of their surprise hit album Raising Sand, Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have finally reunited for a follow-lp, Raise the Roof. It comes out on November 19th, and you can check out leadoff single, a cover of the 1998 Lucinda Williams song “Can’t Let Go,” right here.
Raise the Roof was produced by T-Bone Burnett, who also worked with Plant and Krauss on Raising Sand. It features songs by Merle Haggard, Allen Toussaint, the Everly Brothers, and Bert Jancsh in addition to their original tune “High and Lonesome.
Raise the Roof was produced by T-Bone Burnett, who also worked with Plant and Krauss on Raising Sand. It features songs by Merle Haggard, Allen Toussaint, the Everly Brothers, and Bert Jancsh in addition to their original tune “High and Lonesome.
- 8/12/2021
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Singer-songwriter Gretchen Lieberum, who co-founded the Prince cover band Princess with Maya Rudolph, has released a rendition of “Come Rain or Come Shine” from her upcoming collection of standards, This May Only Be a Dream, out May 7th.
Lieberum’s take on “Come Rain Or Come Shine” — penned in 1946 by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer — opens with an experimental flourish, as if an old recording of the song had been shot through a wormhole. While the song settles into a slightly more traditional swoon about halfway through, Lieberum deftly balances...
Lieberum’s take on “Come Rain Or Come Shine” — penned in 1946 by Harold Arlen and Johnny Mercer — opens with an experimental flourish, as if an old recording of the song had been shot through a wormhole. While the song settles into a slightly more traditional swoon about halfway through, Lieberum deftly balances...
- 3/16/2021
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Grant-Lee Phillips has shared “Mourning Dove,” the latest offering from his upcoming album Lightning, Show Us Your Stuff, out September 4 via Yep Roc Records.
“One day I’m gonna lay my head/In the long cool shadow of the dogwood,” Phillips sings across subtle pedal steel guitar and drums. “Lay back and let the cotton clouds go by.”
“Of the entire album, ‘Mourning Dove’ is among the oldest songs,” Phillips said in a statement. “I lived with it for several years and it went through various stages before its completion.
“One day I’m gonna lay my head/In the long cool shadow of the dogwood,” Phillips sings across subtle pedal steel guitar and drums. “Lay back and let the cotton clouds go by.”
“Of the entire album, ‘Mourning Dove’ is among the oldest songs,” Phillips said in a statement. “I lived with it for several years and it went through various stages before its completion.
- 8/5/2020
- by Angie Martoccio
- Rollingstone.com
Matt Rollings may not be a household name to many, but in music circles, he’s piano-playing royalty. The Grammy-winning producer and musician releases his new album, Matt Rollings Mosaic, in August, recruiting an all-star list of guests from Vince Gill to Alison Krauss to record original songs and standards like “Accentuate the Positive.”
For his latest interpretation of a classic, Rollings enlisted a trio of A-listers to sing “That Lucky Old Sun”: Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. It’s a warm, comforting version, with Nelson,...
For his latest interpretation of a classic, Rollings enlisted a trio of A-listers to sing “That Lucky Old Sun”: Willie Nelson, Lyle Lovett, and Ramblin’ Jack Elliott. It’s a warm, comforting version, with Nelson,...
- 7/22/2020
- by Joseph Hudak
- Rollingstone.com
In 2014, the Haden Triplets – Petra, Rachel, and Tanya – released their eponymous debut album on Jack White’s Third Man Records label. A sterling collection of vintage country songs, the LP was distinguished by the siblings’ chill-inducing harmonies. The daughters of jazz bass legend Charlie Haden (who died in July of that year) pay homage to their father’s exceptional music history, first as a singing (and yodeling) 2-year-old member of his family’s country-music act and his later years as one of the most influential jazz instrumentalists from the Fifties...
- 11/5/2019
- by Stephen L. Betts
- Rollingstone.com
There’s a massive, mostly empty room at the center of Wynonna Judd’s house with a large picture window that looks out across her farm south of Nashville. The view from the only chair in the room, which Wynonna calls her “prayer chair,” is a serene pasture and pond. The high, vaulted ceilings make singing in that room an acoustic dream, with the bare walls providing natural reverb.
This is where Wynonna recorded her a cappella performance of the standard “Feeling Good” (premiering today), and it all just happened...
This is where Wynonna recorded her a cappella performance of the standard “Feeling Good” (premiering today), and it all just happened...
- 1/30/2019
- by Hunter Kelly
- Rollingstone.com
Getty Images Musician Bonnie Raitt on February 12, 2012 in Los Angeles, California.
Talk about his age all you want, mock his raspy croon if you must, but the fact remains that Bob Dylan is arguably the best interpreter of his own songs. The 70-year-old Dylan is not only America’s greatest living songwriter, he’s a master storyteller, and singing his songs requires more than simply a sturdy set of pipes, it demands inflection, understanding, and dedication to the art of styling a song.
Talk about his age all you want, mock his raspy croon if you must, but the fact remains that Bob Dylan is arguably the best interpreter of his own songs. The 70-year-old Dylan is not only America’s greatest living songwriter, he’s a master storyteller, and singing his songs requires more than simply a sturdy set of pipes, it demands inflection, understanding, and dedication to the art of styling a song.
- 3/21/2012
- by Christopher John Farley
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
Joe Henry’s latest solo set had an open-door policy. Literally. The songwriter and producer kept windows and doors open during the recording process, letting what he called “the racket” lead his backing musicians like T Bone Burnett drummer Jay Bellerose and labelmate Tom Waits’ main axe man Marc Ribot. “It was a deliberate decision to allow those sounds to be heard as music. Songs don’t happen in a vacuum,” Henry told me in an interview this week. “When you’re writing a song, there’s life coming all around you. [Musicians] try to disappear into some hermetically sealed chamber. I resist...
- 10/21/2011
- Hitfix
Jeff Bridges has finally detailed his major label debut album, on the heels of his "Crazy Heart" fame. The self-titled set is due on Aug. 16 via Blue Note, and was recorded out of Brooklyn and Los Angeles. At the helm was "Crazy Heart" collaborator and celebrated producer T Bone Burnett, who helped wrangle a host of key musicians on the set, including guitarist Mark Ribot, bassist Dennis Crouch, pedal-steel guitarist Russ Pahl, keyboardist Keefus Ciancia and drummer Jay Bellerose. Rosanne Cash, Ryan Bingham, Sam Phillips and Benji Hughes also provide guest vocals on the 11-track album. Academy Award winner Bingham...
- 5/23/2011
- by Katie Hasty
- Hitfix
Actor Jeff Bridges, who won a Best Actor Oscar as a grizzled former country music legend in " Crazy Heart," has signed a recording deal with Emi's Blue Note Records, which will release his major-label debut album in late summer.
Inspired by their collaboration on "Crazy Heart," Bridges will record the album with his long-time friend, songwriter/producer T-Bone Burnett and will include several of Bridges' own compositions, along with material by a collection of other musicians.
Inspired by their collaboration on "Crazy Heart," Bridges will record the album with his long-time friend, songwriter/producer T-Bone Burnett and will include several of Bridges' own compositions, along with material by a collection of other musicians.
- 4/19/2011
- Extra
Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame legend Gregg Allman has announced plans to release .Low Country Blues. - his first solo album in 14 years. The Rounder Records release (which will arrive on January 18th) is titled for the coastal Georgia region Allman calls home, and was produced by T Bone Burnett. It was recorded at his Village Recorder studio in Los Angeles and features Dr. John on piano, guitarist Doyle Bramhall II, and Burnett's brilliant go-to rhythm section: bassist Dennis Crouch and drummer Jay Bellerose. As a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band and in his own storied solo career, Allman has long been a gifted natural interpreter of the blues. His soulful and distinctive...
- 11/5/2010
- by Patrick Luce
- Monsters and Critics
By Peter de Saint Phalle
Wantagh, New York — Little of Ray Lamontagne and the Pariah Dogs' performance at Jones Beach on Thursday night was directed towards the audience. There was no playful banter, no light shows or disco balls. Without rock-star glitz and glam, the artist and his new collaborators forced the crowd to contemplate the music on its own — a rare thing during summer concert season.
As the sun set behind the Jones Beach Amphitheater, Ray Lamontagne made his way to center stage. Although backed by the extensive Pariah Dogs band (Jennifer Condos on bass, Patrick Warren on keyboard, Greg Leisz on steel guitar, Eric Heywood on lead guitar and Jay Bellerose on percussion) Lamontagne was quiet and reserved, offering a brief "hello" before beginning his 55-minute set.
Lamontagne started his set with "Beg Steal or Borrow" and "Old Before Your Time" off his new album, God Willin' and...
Wantagh, New York — Little of Ray Lamontagne and the Pariah Dogs' performance at Jones Beach on Thursday night was directed towards the audience. There was no playful banter, no light shows or disco balls. Without rock-star glitz and glam, the artist and his new collaborators forced the crowd to contemplate the music on its own — a rare thing during summer concert season.
As the sun set behind the Jones Beach Amphitheater, Ray Lamontagne made his way to center stage. Although backed by the extensive Pariah Dogs band (Jennifer Condos on bass, Patrick Warren on keyboard, Greg Leisz on steel guitar, Eric Heywood on lead guitar and Jay Bellerose on percussion) Lamontagne was quiet and reserved, offering a brief "hello" before beginning his 55-minute set.
Lamontagne started his set with "Beg Steal or Borrow" and "Old Before Your Time" off his new album, God Willin' and...
- 8/20/2010
- by MTV News
- MTV Newsroom
"God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise," Ray Lamontagne's fourth album, is the first to utilize a billed backing band, The Pariah Dogs. It's also the first album the Northeast native has produced on his own. Any singer-songwriter would fall over themselves to snare the talent that 37-year-old Lamontagne's enlisted -- drummer Jay Bellerose (Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, Joe Henry), bassist Jennifer Condos (Bruce Springsteen, Ryan Adams), keyboardist Patrick Warren (Fiona Apple, Red Hot Chili Peppers), guitarist Eric Heywood (Son Volt, The Pretenders) and pedal steel guitarist Greg Leisz (Wilco, Beck). It's a session supergroup of sorts, with the predictable...
- 8/16/2010
- Hitfix
Chicago – We dig discovering sprouting artists at the phase where they’re just talented enough to keep their humility. That’s where we found 21-year-old singer, songwriter and guitarist Sahara Smith on Friday night at Chicago’s Lincoln Hall. Her voice has been described as “a potent mix of whiskey and molasses” and the “best of what’s next”.
Music Rating: 3.0/5.0
A Texas-based performer since the age of 13, Smith’s new career has been shepherded by T Bone Burnett and produced by Emile Kelman (Burnett’s longtime studio veteran). Burnett earned recent acclaim for writing the lyrics to “The Weary Kind,” which was the theme to the new film “Crazy Heart” where Jeff Bridges won a 2010 Oscar for his leading role.
21-year-old newcomer Sahara Smith.
Image credit: Jon Pattillo
Smith’s current tour, which is aimed at helping to sell her album due out in Aug. 2010, is piggybacked with Mason Jennings and Nathaniel Rateliff.
Music Rating: 3.0/5.0
A Texas-based performer since the age of 13, Smith’s new career has been shepherded by T Bone Burnett and produced by Emile Kelman (Burnett’s longtime studio veteran). Burnett earned recent acclaim for writing the lyrics to “The Weary Kind,” which was the theme to the new film “Crazy Heart” where Jeff Bridges won a 2010 Oscar for his leading role.
21-year-old newcomer Sahara Smith.
Image credit: Jon Pattillo
Smith’s current tour, which is aimed at helping to sell her album due out in Aug. 2010, is piggybacked with Mason Jennings and Nathaniel Rateliff.
- 6/26/2010
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Ray Lamontagne's new album has gone to the dogs. The Massachusetts-based singer-songwriter has dubbed his studio band The Pariah Dogs and is preparing the release of his fourth full-length, "God Willin' & The Creek Don't Rise," out on Aug. 17 via RCA. According to a release from RCA, this marks the first set ever that the performer produced entirely on his own, recorded over two weeks out of his home studio in western Mass. The Pariah Dogs impressively boasts of drummer Jay Bellerose (Alison Krauss and Robert Plant, Joe Henry), bassist Jennifer Condos (Bruce Springsteen, Ryan Adams), keyboardist Patrick Warren (Fiona...
- 6/3/2010
- by Katie Hasty
- Hitfix
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