Post by petrolino on Dec 11, 2021 0:15:06 GMT
Fat Possum Records Unveil New Mini-Documentary About Connie Smith
In August of this year, Connie Smith released her latest studio album, 'The Cry Of The Heart' (2021), just 6 days on from her 80th birthday. The album serves up a classical country stew of old songs, religious songs and genre oddities. This evocative mix is liberally peppered with new songs co-written by Smith, Monty Holmes and Marty Stuart.
"On Friday, Connie Smith will release album 54, “The Cry of the Heart,” her debut for the independent label Fat Possum and first secular recording in about a decade, after intermittent forays into gospel. While country music is no stranger to a comeback, since the 1990s many of the genre’s figureheads have been resuscitated by studio wizards and the enthusiasm of younger generations. But “The Cry of the Heart” takes a different path, where resurgence doesn’t mean reinvention: It’s produced by the country musician Marty Stuart, 63, whom Smith married in 1997. The album’s tender piano chords, steel guitars and lush analog quality recall Smith’s ’60s era recordings, a template known as the “Connie Smith Sound.”
- Erin Osmon, The New York Times
Connie Smith, Jan Howard & Bobby Bare
Fat Possum Records commissioned a mini-documentary on Connie Smith to be produced in association with Marty Stuart’s Congress of Country Music Archives. The centrepiece of this film was an interview given by Smith to music journalists Logan Allison, Weltsy Chong, Morelia Cuevas and Tyler K. George. It's now screening on youtube ...
'Nashville, TN – Today, country music icon Connie Smith releases her newest track “A Million and One” from her long-awaited new album The Cry of the Heart, out August 20th (Fat Possum). On the release, the Country Music Hall of Fame legend is at her absolute finest, affirming Merle Haggard’s declaration about Smith when he said, “If you’re talking about a country singer, there ain’t nobody better.”
Smith will “take over” the Opry on June 26th at 7pm CT and the event will be televised on Circle TV. The unprecedented evening kicks off with an interview with Connie as part of the network’s “Circle Sessions,” which will air before the performance. Joining Connie on stage to sing her songs will be Lee Ann Womack and Mandy Barnett. In addition, Smith will be awarded a certificate from the Library of Congress, as they recently inducted her classic “Once a Day” into the National Recording Registry. The evening concludes with the premiere of her life story mini-documentary.'
- Guitar Girl Magazine
Smith will “take over” the Opry on June 26th at 7pm CT and the event will be televised on Circle TV. The unprecedented evening kicks off with an interview with Connie as part of the network’s “Circle Sessions,” which will air before the performance. Joining Connie on stage to sing her songs will be Lee Ann Womack and Mandy Barnett. In addition, Smith will be awarded a certificate from the Library of Congress, as they recently inducted her classic “Once a Day” into the National Recording Registry. The evening concludes with the premiere of her life story mini-documentary.'
- Guitar Girl Magazine
Connie Smith & Marty Stuart
'The Cry Of The Heart : Connie Smith' (2021) [37:37 | Fat Possum Records]
Connie Smith, Jan Howard, Brenda Lee, Emmylou Harris, Trisha Yearwood & Jeannie Seely
