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“City Life” Video by Anthony Favre

lynn — Thu, 17 May 2012 08:34:58 +0000

Whoohoo! Thanks to Anthony Favre of Quiet Empire Productions for shooting this video of me roaming about New Orleans. It was shot all over the city from City Park, to Bywater, to the C.B.D. and ending on Ursulines St., one of the most beautiful streets in Mid-City! I hope you like it and share it. Coming soon! Our kickstarter project video! Please stay tuned for full details on how you can be involved in our summer California tour. (We need your help!) I am traveling with my compadres out to the far west in search of gold! Okay, gold is probably out of the question in the literal sense, but maybe a few shiny new faces is what we’re after! After all, this is why we are in this business, to meet new friends, see new places and share in the love of music.

Jackson, MS/Bayou Boogaloo/Ottawa/West-Coast

lynn — Tue, 15 May 2012 09:29:23 +0000

Friday May 18th: hey kids! Or better yet… hey grown-ups who like to act like kids!!! This Friday I’ll be back at the old stomping grounds in Jackson, MS, Fenian’s Pub, 9pm. I hope to see all the familiar faces there! It will be a solo show, so no funny stuff, well, maybe SOME funny stuff!

Sunday May 20th: A couple of weeks is all you need to recover from Jazz Festitus! :0) The 7th Annual Mid-City Bayou Boogaloo Festival takes place this weekend May 18th-20th on Bayou St. John in New Orleans. This is a great neighborhood festival, the best, in my opinion! We take the stage on Sunday, with Chris Pylant on Drums, Casandra Faulconer on bass, Bill Malchow on keys and Damien Louviere on guitar. I can’t wait! It’ will also be broadcast “live” on WWOZ Radio for all you New Orleans music lovers who support us from far away.

June 16th: It’s a blueberry pickin’ party! I’m so excited to be playing for my home county of Pearl River for the Pearl River Blues Berry Farm! Join me and the band in Lumberton,MS and pick some of the best organic blueberries around while listening to some of the best organic sounds as the sun sets in this little sleepy town..6:30pm

Sat July 7th & Sun July 8th Also, We are gearing up for a beautiful journey to the Ottawa Blues Festival in July! We will play 2 performances on July 7th & 8th. with one performance opening for the great Marcia Ball!! I’m happy and honored to be in that number this year. Also, we are performing a night-club show at the Rainbow Club as well.

West-Coast peeps! Lookout! We will see you in August. I’m happy to report we will be pairing up with some great local Bay area talent. The California Honeydrops and Quinn Deveaux to name a couple. And hope to be also playing a show or two with local Gal Holiday, as we both head west, mining for gold:-) There is a lot of love out there, and we want to say thank you! Right now, we are playing Moe’s Alley in Santa Cruz and Poor House Bistro in San Jose, Aug 1st & 2nd. We are working hard to make our shows out there worthwhile. If you would like to book a house party on an off-night, please email Elton Foster at: groove.rodeo@gmail.com or myself at lynndruryrocks@gmail.com

Thank you for your continued support. Peace & Love, Lynn

Honeypots

lynn — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:44:44 +0000

HONEYPOT BUZZ: In other news, we have just wrapped up the Honeypots cd! “Something Sweet.” What a cd! Very diverse from country to latin, and all original tracks by me, Margie Perez, and Monica McIntyre, with percussive help from August Jepson. I am very grateful to have recorded with these very talented women and let me just say, there was a lot of love in that room! We recorded with Drew Vonderhaar at Graveyard Studios in February and are awaiting the cd’s. This cd may inspire you to follow your dreams or just shake your butt a little. In any case, I can’t see the downside! (Check us out for the 3rd Annual Threadhead Thursday in City Park, 6pm)

: 3rd Annual Threadhead Thursday in City Park

French Qtr Fest & the Rock ‘n Bowl

lynn — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:49:38 +0000

We will be opening for Beth McKee at the Rock ‘n Bowl this Friday! Show starts at 9:30pm. It will be a great show as we showcase “the Equestrians.” With Chris Pylant on drums, Damien Louviere on guitar and Cass Faulconer on Bass!

Read the review of our French Quarter Fest show by Alison Fensterstock, (Times Picayune) on Nola.com

Here’s a pic of us from French Qtr Festival. (taken by Michael Dominici) What a great experience playing music on the river. Thanks to Eric B & Ace for great sound. Thanks to everyone for coming out and supporting us! And the band: Cass Faulconer, bass; Alex McMurray, guitar; Bill Malchow, keys, & Chris Pylant, drums and Miss Margie Perez on vocals!

Live at French Quarter Festival 2012

Oh, and here’s a weird interview right after our set at FQF.. from weirdinterview.com – Fun, fun!

Live at dba

lynn — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:28:15 +0000

LIVE VIDEOS !!

“Can’t Hold On”

\”Can\’t Hold On\” live at DBA

“Never Wanna Be Like You”

\”Never Wanna Be Like You\” live at DBA

“Come to My House!”

\”Come to my House\” live at DBA

Hope you all enjoy these little videos taken by Elton Foster!!

Praise for “Sugar”

lynn — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 00:17:06 +0000

Photo by Zack Smith

Some of the feedback we’ve gotten for Sugar on the Floor:

…when you scrawl “Sugar on the Floor Dec. 6 WNCW” on an old napkin, and ten days later you still remember how good that song was but you can’t recall the name, and need to find that napkin somewhere in the pickup truck. I found the napkin today, and what a fine song it is, every bit as good as I when I heard it that evening.

Kind regards,

Wright Sullivan
Inman SC

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I do an Americana radio show called “Tupelo Honey” at KRVM in Eugene, Oregon. I stumbled into Lynn’s new disk on line, bought it as a digital download and have been giving it tons of radio spins. It’ll be my choice as one of the top cd’s of 2011.

Some of the other DJ’s at my station have been asking about Lynn so I figured it’s about time I get a hard copy to pass around the station. It’s a disc worthy of serious airplay!

Can you send me a CD?

XXXOOO
Shotgun
KRVM

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Hello Lynn, i am floored by your most recent disc, picked it up in nola during jazzfest , it is the best thing i have heard this year.

Bluest Regards,
Connor Grimes

Lynn’s 60 Second Interview with Chris Rose

http://www.fox8live.com/content/entertainment/chris_rose/story/Chris-Rose-60-seconds-with-Lynn-Drury/GOKw_Y6llUGvWfZmepqMZg.cspx

Voodoo Pics by Tyler Austin

lynn — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 22:32:10 +0000

Gambit Review of “Sugar”

lynn — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:25:25 +0000

Lynn Drury’s Sugar On The Floor brings back the best of the mid-1970s, when singer/songwriters created some great rock ‘n’ roll. Most of the songs on the album have a country twinge that complements Drury’s vocals and melodies without distracting from them. Guitarist Tommy Malone contributes great understated leads on “Butterfly” and “Can’t Hold On.” Drummer Carlo Nuccio plays with just the right emphasis and tempo to let Drury’s lyrics shine. Her voice comes across strong where it needs to and with a certain resignation and weariness appropriate to some songs’ more troubled stories. The best tracks feature unvarnished tales of New Orleans nightlife. Songs like “City Life” (with its great refrain “Messed up is better than pretty”) and “Frenchmen Street” (where, according to Drury, “All is forgiven”) are anthemic in their spot-on portrayal of late-night antics in local bars. Some tunes are lighthearted, but Drury also writes about the darker side of those habitués, as in the menacing tone of “You’ve Got A Way,” “Never Wanna Be Like You” and the deceptive horn-accented reggae of “Chemical Road,” which could also work as a metaphor for the way Louisiana depends on the industries of Cancer Alley, between New Orleans and Baton Rouge, while people residing near the plants suffer the consequences. Or not. But that is what gives the songs staying power. They are catchy and accessible enough to sing along to but leave enough room in the lyrics for the listener to devolop their own interpretation. — Kunian – Gambit

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Honeypots added to Threadhead Label!

lynn — Wed, 20 Jul 2011 02:45:52 +0000

We beez happy happy!! Threadhead Records will add the Honeypots to their roster of New Orleans homespun talent. We will receive much-needed funding to record a full-length cd in response to a growing demand from our fans! Thanks to the Threadheads for helping us to fully realize this project. We are stinging with delight:-) To donate to the Honeypots project: http://www.threadheadrecords.com/2011/07/21/the-honeypots-project/

Offbeat Mag review by John Swenson

lynn — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 00:42:01 +0000

“Sugar on the Floor is Lynn Drury’s trump card. The talented New Orleans singer-songwriter has built a strong local following through her emotionally-charged live performances, but her strengths as a musician and songwriter haven’t been adequately captured on record until now. Part of the problem is that New Orleans is a difficult environment for songwriters. Maybe Drury’s career would have taken off sooner if she’d done the obvious thing and followed Lucinda Williams to Texas, where the latter was easily categorized on her way to stardom. But Drury is stubborn—an attractive quality in an artist—and insisted on sticking by her roots in Mississippi and Louisiana. The New Orleans music scene is all the better for Drury’s intransigence.”

Sugar on the Floor is a powerful statement made with some of the city’s best local musicians, a record made on the artist’s own terms that shows how diverse New Orleans music can be. The backing is provided by producer Carlo Nuccio, who plays drums and bass throughout, and Alex McMurray, who presents an array of musical personalities with a tour-de- force performance on lead and rhythm guitars. Tommy Malone adds other guitar parts, Ivan Neville plays organ, and a select group of other players perform Matt Perrine’s superbly-crafted string and horn arrangements.

On previous albums, Drury sounds like she’s aspiring to become part of something bigger, country or Americana, whatever. This time around, she is clearly not trying to fit in anywhere; the performances are tailored to the songs, and Drury’s lyrics are rendered more the way she sings them live, in short, dramatic bursts that enforce the narrative. Her sweet, languid country side is well expressed on “It Was Late” and the beautiful “Butterfly,” while “Smiley Face” and “Frenchmen Street” roll with a New Orleans R&B groove and the title track and “Never Wanna Be Like You” could be alt-rock exercises. The best thing about this album is that it presents Drury as a New Orleans personality. She’s tough, likes to take on challenges and doesn’t flinch at the consequences. The guy with the bad reputation wants to “take me fishin’” on “You’ve Got a Way” and she’s fascinated by him. No wonder she finds her “energies scattered all around” and ends up complaining “you just spilled my love like sugar on the floor.” She might be moved to tell him “Never Wanna Be Like You,” and she might sing in dismay that she “can’t hold on to anything anymore,” but she always picks herself to sing “Take another dose… no we don’t say no.” –John Swenson (Offbeat Magazine)

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