BROOKE MAKING MORE `CENTS' THAN EVER.Byline: Fred Shuster Daily News Music Writer Jonatha Brooke This article or section needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. wishes she could write hits, but in the next breath admits she may be too intense for the pop charts. The singer, whose new album ``Ten Cent Wings'' is collecting a mountain of warm reviews, isn't happy unless a composition comes from ``a deep, emotionally bare place.'' No ``Barbie Girl'' here. Brooke says she's stuck with intense songs because that's simply what moves her. The new record's songs stem from 10 days Brooke spent alone last winter in a cottage off the coast of Nantucket. As a storm raged on the Atlantic, each tune became a facet of Brooke's imagination. ``There's definitely a theme running through the album, more so than on any of the other three I've done,'' she explained. ``It's about relationships, my last innocent year and more changes than I could have imagined.'' Produced by Brooke's husband, Alain Mallet mallet, n a hammering instrument. mallet, hard, n a small hammer with a leather-, rubber-, fiber-, or metal-faced head; used to supply force or to supplement hand force for the compaction of foil or amalgam and to seat cast , ``Ten Cent Wings'' (Refuge/MCA) opens with the infectious ``Secrets and Lies,'' an upbeat look at how we define ourselves by increments of time. Another track, ``Glass Half Empty,'' is dedicated to Kevin Gilbert, the songwriter and Sheryl Crow collaborator who died suddenly last year. Brooke appears Tuesday at the Troubadour troubadour One of a class of lyric poets and poet-musicians, often of knightly rank, that flourished from the 11th through the 13th century, chiefly in Provence and other regions of southern France, northern Spain, and northern Italy. in West Hollywood West Hollywood A community of southern California northeast of Beverly Hills. It is mainly residential. Population: 36,600. with Boston singer-songwriter Catie Curtis Catie Curtis (born 1965) is an American singer-songwriter. She was raised in the small city of Saco, Maine, and played her first performances there. She was originally a drummer, but later changed instruments to acoustic guitar. . ``This record was a real arrival for me because I finally found "Finally Found" was the debut single from the Honeyz. This was their most successful single in the UK and worldwide, securing a number 4 position in the UK singles chart and achieved platinum status in Australia [1] Tracklisting # Title Length my voice and figured out how to use it,'' she said. ``I realized I'd made a pop record and that I'm a pop writer more than I imagined.'' Before kicking off her solo career two years ago with the album ``Plumb,'' Brooke was part of the duo called the Story with singer Jennifer Kimball. The pair met at Amherst College Amherst College, at Amherst, Mass.; founded 1821 as a college for men, coeducational since 1975. A liberal arts institution, Amherst maintains a cooperative program with Smith College, Mount Holyoke College, Hampshire College, and the Univ. of Massachusetts. in the mid-'80s and began playing coffeehouses in New England New England, name applied to the region comprising six states of the NE United States—Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut. The region is thought to have been so named by Capt. before they were signed to Elektra. The Story cut two albums and garnered adult-alternative airplay air·play n. The broadcasting of an audio or audiovisual recording on the air over radio or television. airplay Noun the broadcast performances of a record on radio and rave reviews, but broke up when Brooke and Kimball felt it was time to try new things. ``I had to get out on my own,'' Brooke said. ``For both of us, it was a great move. It had become stifling. There were things I wanted to do that didn't include her. It wasn't fair to either of us.'' The new disc features colorful arrangement touches such as the New Orleans funeral horns on ``Shame on Us'' or the bluesy flavor of ``Genius or Fool.'' Brooke said the twin-guitar contributions of longtime collaborator Duke Levine, plus the adventurous Gerry Leonard, made the difference. ``It came out even better than I imagined,'' she said. ``I wanted this record to be more guitar-based than anything I did before. The cool thing that happened is when the two guitars got together, there was this chemical reaction. They came up with these interesting parts. It really gelled into something quite special.'' THE FACTS Who: Jonatha Brooke, with Catie Curtis. Where: Troubadour, 9081 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood. When: 8 p.m. Tuesday. Tickets: $15. Information: (310) 276-6168. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: ``This record was a real arrival for me because I finally found my voice and figured out how to use it,'' says Jonatha Brooke of her new album ``Ten Cent Wings.'' |
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