Kelly Hogan - I Like To Keep Myself In Pain (CD, Vinyl LP)

“Kelly Hogan Rules!" - M.Ward

On her debut album for Anti, “singer’s singer” Kelly Hogan takes her vast experience working with Neko Case, Andrew Bird, Mavis Staples, Drive-By Truckers, The Mekons, and so many others, and melds that into something both new and instantly classic. 'I Like To Keep Myself In Pain' finds Hogan curating an ambitious collection of songs, many written specifically for her, from a who’s who of indie songwriters, including M. Ward, Vic Chesnutt, The Magnetic Fields’ Stephin Merritt, The Mekons' Jon Langford, The Handsome Family, Freakwater's Catherine Irwin, John Wesley Harding, Robbie Fulks, Gabriel Roth, Robyn Hitchcock, and the aforementioned Andrew Bird. She is backed on the album by an all-star group of musicians: R&B legends Booker T Jones and James Gadson (Bill Withers, Marvin Gaye, Beck), as well as talented young lions Gabriel Roth (of Daptone Records, The Dap-Kings) and Hogan's long-time collaborator Scott Ligon (of the newly resurrected NRBQ).  The result is an album that captures the country-soul elegance of albums like Dusty In Memphis while updating the sound with a modern literary sensibility.             

The band on her new album includes Booker T Jones, James Gadson, Gabe Roth, Scott Ligon.

Songwriters include M. Ward, Vic Chesnutt, Andrew Bird, Stephin Merritt & Robyn Hitchcock.

Hogan and Neko Case perform on Jakob Dylan's 2010 album ‘Women And Country’.

'I Like To Keep Myself In Pain' is Kelly Hogan’s first solo record in eleven years and her loyal fanbase is anxiously awaiting the release and upcoming tour.

For fans of Neko Case, Jenny Lewis, Cat Power.

TRACKLISTING:

1 Dusty Groove (Catherine Irwin of Freakwater), 2 We Can't Have Nice Things (Jack Pendarvis/Andrew Bird), 3 I Like To Keep Myself In Pain (Robyn Hitchcock), 4 Haunted (Jon Langford of the Mekons), 5 Daddy's Little Girl (M. Ward), 6 Golden (Hogan), 7 Ways Of This World (Vic Chesnutt), 8 Slumber's Sympathy (Gabriel Roth), 9 Plant White Roses (Magnetic Fields), 10 Sleeper Awake (John Wesley Harding), 11 The Green Willow Valley (Handsome Family), 12 Whenever You're Out Of My Sight (Robbie Fulks), 13 Pass On By (Margaret Ann Rich),

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