We were beside ourselves when we got Patty Larkin to say yes to a Music Fog session. We were over the moon when she showed up and hung with us. Patty Larkin is celebrating her 25th year in the biz with her latest album, yep, 25, a collection of 25 love songs with 25 friends collaborating. That list is a who's who of singer/songwriter cred: Bruce Cockburn, Shawn Colvin, Mary Chapin Carpenter, John Gorka, Greg Brown...the list goes on. Wow, the company she keeps.
Patty comments on 25 from her website: "I recently joked that there is no longer a Music Business, just Music. “25” is a testament to that idea. Maybe it really is true that the more things change, the more they remain the same. Herein lies a career’s worth of love songs. Here are artists I’ve admired and been inspired by, some of whom I’ve known for more than a quarter of a century, who are continuing to create songs of worth and meaning, regardless of the state of the "music industry." Renegades and troubadors, humorists and historians, these are singers who have stopped me in my tracks and made me aware of beauty and passion and joy. I am grateful to each one of them for the grace they have bestowed upon this collection of songs. Each and every one of them is a flower in bloom for me, and together they have restored my spirit and given me hope. 25 years. It can be added, divided, multiplied and subtracted so easily. This music is a thank you to all who have accompanied me on my musical journey since the first record. Something new with which to remember all of the days."
Lucy Kaplansky contributes to the song "Tango" on the album 25, but here is Patty doing it solo on the Music Fog bus while it was parked in Memphis.
- Jessie Scott
