![]() ![]() There's a song about answering a personal ad in the Lindeville Gazette. ![]() TUCKER: The town of Lindeville is populated by folks just scraping by - supermarket or gas station workers who take second jobs at the Dandelion Diner or the local strip club. And the grass is always greener, 'cause he makes sure it is, yeah. He runs off the gophers in a golf cart full of dents. Jokes he used to be a hitchhiker, but not for very long. He lost his wife to cancer and a thumb in Vietnam. The grass is always greener on his side of the fence, yeah. If you got time to talk, he'll give you his two cents. JOHN OSBORNE: (Singing) Pete chalks the ballfields down at Dennis Linde park, turns the sprinklers on at sun-up and the lights on after dark. Here, for example, is the album's producer, John Osborne of The Brothers Osborne, talking about a Vietnam vet named Pete who takes care of the grass in Dennis Linde park. ![]() McBryde doesn't even sing lead vocals on the majority of the tracks. They locked themselves away in a Tennessee cabin, drank, she says, a lot of tequila, and came up with collaborations and characters that require a variety of voices. McBryde took that idea and gathered up some musician friends. He once drew a map of an imaginary town intending to write songs about its inhabitants. KEN TUCKER, BYLINE: Ashley McBryde wastes no time plunging you into one of the vividly chaotic scenarios that fill out the trailer park southern universe in "Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville." McBryde was inspired by something she read about songwriter and performer Dennis Linde, who died in 2006. Marvin baby mama put that whore on the floor. Grab a pack of cigarettes, and meet me on the porch. Ole Suntan City won't look quite as pretty when Tina puts that ass through a table. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "BRENDA PUT YOUR BRA ON")ĪSHLEY MCBRYDE: (Singing) Well, did you hear that? There went the good dishes. The place is named after the songwriter Dennis Linde, best known for writing Elvis Presley's 1972 hit, "Burning Love." Rock critic Ken Tucker says McBryde's creation of "Lindeville" contains a lot of passionate music with novelistic details. Country singer-songwriter Ashley McBryde has a new album called "Ashley McBryde Presents: Lindeville." It's a concept album featuring songs about the various inhabitants of a small rural town. In a novel filled with compelling characters and set in London, New York and Sydney, it seems that anyone could be out to sabotage Lucie’s memories and ambitions, including herself.Ī Voice in the Night is an addictive thriller of twists and turns, a gripping and emotionally resonant debut from a striking new voice.This is FRESH AIR. Or could it be that someone else is stalking her, or that her vivid imagination is playing tricks? When she was working in New York as a young intern, Lucie had fallen in love with him and he vowed to leave his wife to be with her permanently.Īs an inexplicable series of events occur Lucie wonders if her long-dead lover could have staged his own disappearance under the cover of that fateful day. Lucie hasn’t forgotten a man called Martin who was tragically killed 20 years ago in the 9/11 attacks. It seems an optimistic new beginning, until one day she receives a hand delivered note with the strange words: At last I’ve found you. Following a bitter separation, Lucie moves to London to take up a position with a prestigious law firm. ![]()
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