{"id":19954,"date":"2016-05-02T09:15:06","date_gmt":"2016-05-02T08:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=19954"},"modified":"2016-04-27T13:27:23","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T12:27:23","slug":"judith-owens-new-single-takes-a-look-at-how-dependent-we-are-on-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/05\/judith-owens-new-single-takes-a-look-at-how-dependent-we-are-on-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Judith Owen\u2019s New Single Takes A Look At How Dependent We Are On Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"

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As Judith Owen explained to Standard Issue Magazine<\/a>, \u2018writing an email or sending a text is a minefield. Who hasn\u2019t written a rushed text or email, hit the \u2018send\u2019 button and immediately regretted it?\u2019.<\/i><\/strong><\/h4>\n

\u2018We\u2019re all so used to communicating anywhere, anytime and God forbid if someone doesn\u2019t answer us immediately! Of course, like any other narcissistic artist who has to self-promote, I\u2019m addicted to the internet\/smartphone\/computer\/iPad\/selfie stick.\u2019<\/strong><\/u><\/u><\/i><\/h4>\n

Pianist-singer-songwriter Judith Owen is known for her love of musical variety and melding it into a great stylistic gumbo all her own. New album \u2018Somebody<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s Child\u2019 is the culmination of this mix: voice and piano front and <\/span>centre, songs that are<\/span> vignettes of life crafted from the perspective that we <\/span>ARE all <\/span>\u201csomebody<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s child<\/span>\u201d – parental as well as planetary. An album about us.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lead single \u2018Send Me A Line\u2019 is written by Judith and re<\/span>corded in Los Angeles and London. A social commentary on people, including herself,<\/span> \u201cnot being present but preoccupied by technology<\/span>\u201d, the song features Judith on piano and vocals, Leland Sklar on bass, Pedro Segundo on percussion and Gabriella Swallow on cello. \u2018Send Me A Line\u2019 is a fine example of Judith\u2019s narrative song writing and her ability to write \u2018tiny soap operas\u2019 about universal themes of love, loss, family, humanity, optimism and frustration.<\/p>\n

For the recording of \u2018Somebody<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s Child\u2019 Judith recruited the same <\/span>cr<\/i>\u00e8<\/span><\/i>me<\/i> de la cr<\/span><\/i>\u00e8<\/span><\/i>me<\/i> of Los Angeles session musicians who appeared on 2014\u2019s critically-acclaimed \u2018<\/span>Ebb & Flow\u2019 – bassist Sklar, guitarist Waddy Wachtel and drummer Russell Kunkel – and incorporated them with her British-based musicians – <\/span>Segundo and Swallow –<\/span> to create a fresh new dynamic. Partner Harry Shearer (Spinal Tap, the Simpsons) also joins the cast playing upright bass on \u2018That’s Why I Love My Baby\u2019.<\/span>\u00a0<\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to her self-penned songs, a Judith signature is also to turn the most unlikely song inside out. She’s done it before with her tongue-in-cheek adaptation of the Deep Purple rock anthem \u2018Smoke On The Water\u2019 <\/i>and Mungo Jerry’s irresistible, irresponsible and politically incorrect \u2018In The Summertime\u2019<\/span>. This time, it’s her languid interpretation of Roxy Music’s \u2018More Than This\u2019, \u00a0endorsed by none other than its creator Bryan Ferry whom she opened for last year, that lingers long in the memory. In fact it was recorded at Bryan<\/span>\u2019<\/span>s London studio on his piano.\u00a0 Not to mention her playful adaptation of \u2018<\/span>Aquarius\u2019\u00a0<\/span>from the rock musical \u2018Hair\u2019<\/span>.<\/i><\/p>\n

\u2018Ebb & Flow\u2019 was when many discovered <\/span>Judith‘s highly seductive sound and was hailed as one of the releases of 2014 by The Independent newspaper in the UK, receiving further praise from <\/span>Le Figaro <\/i><\/span>in France, La Repubblica<\/span> in Italy, Rolling Stone in Germany and the Wall Street Journal <\/i>in the US. It also enjoyed sterling support at British radio, particularly from Jamie Cullum, Bob Harris and the late Sir Terry Wogan, stalwarts and tastemakers of the BBC Radio 2 network. All three hosted sessions featuring the Welsh-born songstress and demonstrated her commercial potential and wide-ranging appeal.<\/span> In addition, \u2018Ebb and Flow\u2019 <\/i>earned<\/span> passionate support from Irish RTE Radio 1, Spanish RTNE Radio 3, German ARD Network, and Nordic National Radio and led to several key radio and television appearances on both sides of the Atlantic.<\/span><\/p>\n

With \u2018Somebody’s Child\u2019, and its many moods and shades and a contemporary twist, Judith Owen seems well on her way into the Premier League of contemporary singer-songwriters and interpreters. Which is where she belongs…<\/u><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

‘Send Me A Line\u2019 is the l<\/span><\/b>ead single from the new album \u2018Somebody’s Child\u2019, released May 6, 2016, on\u00a0<\/span><\/b>Twanky Records via Absolute Label Services. Find Judith Owen on her official website<\/a>.<\/u><\/span><\/b><\/p>\n

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