Folks, it’s finally almost-here: The new album, Beautiful Land. Produced by Grammy-award-winning C Lanzbom and featuring Jeff Haynes (Cassandra Wilson, Pat Metheny, Harry Belafonte) This is a roots-based simple collection of stories from South Africa to Jamaica to upstate New York, blending African worldbeat, acoustic folk, and some fun jazz. Join the for email list (see above left), Facebook, and Twitter to find out when it’s available. In the meantime, here’s a sneak peak at 2 new tunes. One is on the album, one isn’t. If you can identify which one is from the album, shoot me a note on Facebook or email list and I’ll Tweet you a shout-out!
NYC Music entrepeneur Michael Dorf, founder of the Knitting Factory and City Winery, approached Chana and asked if she had enough material for an album to be released on his new Oyhoo Record label. Hundreds of studio hours with session heavies such as Shawn Pelton (Sheryl Crow, Saturday Night Live) and C Lanzbom (Soulfarm) as producer, a few late-night chocolate chip pancakes at the local diner, and a whole bunch of friends later…And the rest is history. Take a listen here. Purchase with your own two hands on Amazon.com, iTunes, last.fm, and more.
“Best Album of 2007” – Jewschool.com
“****” – Jewish Week
“Bob Marley Meets Edie Brickell” – popsyndicate.com
