This remarkable 2000 album from the incomparable Patty Larkin presents a cast of characters caught up in change. Patty turns the view finder on love, desire, the malling of America... examining the charged emptiness of contemporary lives. Musically and lyrically she conjures up familiar forms and twists them ever so slightly, the sounds steeped in the American melting pot of sound: samba, R&B, blues, Celtic, rock, folk, jazz. From the breathy, hypnotic Brazilian-tinged Only One and the R&B romp of Anyway The Main Thin Is, to the multi-rhythmic Beg To Differ and the uniquely incorporated cello in Mink Coat, this passionate and dynamic recording is full of new sounds and ideas. Says Patty: 'We are forced to rethink things... -- to regroove, to start again -- to regroove the dream.'

Regrooving the Dream is singer-songwriter Patty Larkin's ninth album. It was produced by Larkin and Bette Warner in 2000 and distributed by Vanguard Records, it contained the following songs:Patty Larkin, . Retrieved January 8, 2008.

Album personnel

* Patty Larkin - vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, octave mandolin, bouzouki, lapsteel, accordion, acoustic slide, vocal loops, keyboards

* Jennifer Kimball - backing vocals

* Ben Wittman - drums, rods, brushes, dumbek, lapsteel percussion

* Richard Gates - fretless and fretted bass

* Marc Shulman - electric guitar

* Greg Porter - bass guitar

* Mike Rivard - acoustic bass, bass

* Bette Warner - harmonica

* Cercie Miller Quartet Cercie Miller - alto sax

* Tiger Okoshi - trumpet

* Gideon Freudmann - cello

* John Leventhal - electric guitars, bouzouki, lapsteel

* Glen Valez - hand drum

* Alan Williams - piano

* Ghost - electric slide guitar, piano, backing vocals

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References

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Patty Larkin (b. June 19, 1951, Des Moines, Iowa)Henkle, Doug, is a Boston-based singer-songwriter.

redefines the boundaries of folk-urban pop music with her inventive guitar wizardry and uncompromising vocals and lyrics. Acoustic Guitar hails her “soundscape experiments” while Rolling Stone praises her “evocative and subtle sonic shading.” She has been described as “riveting” (Chicago Tribune), “hypnotic” (Entertainment Weekly) and a “drop-dead brilliant” performer (Performing Songwriter).

Biography

Patty Larkin grew up in a musical and artistic family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Descended from a long line of Irish American singers and taletellers, her mother was a painter, her sisters both musicians. She learned at a young age to appreciate the beauty and magic of the arts. She began classical piano studies at age 7, and became swept up in the sounds of pop and folk in the 60s, teaching herself the guitar and experimenting with songwriting in high school. An English major, Larkin sang throughout her high school and college career, starting out in coffeehouses in Oregon and San Francisco. Upon graduation from the University of Oregon, she moved to Boston, Massachusetts and devoted herself to music, busking on the streets of Cambridge and studying jazz guitar at Berklee College of Music and with Boston area jazz guitarists.

Her recording career began in 1985 with Philo/Rounder Records where she recorded Step Into The Light, I’m Fine, and Live In The Square. In 1990, she signed to Windham Hill’s new High Street label and delivered 4 highly praised releases: Tango, Angels Running, Strangers World and Perishable Fruit. After Windham Hill was sold to BMG, Patty moved to Vanguard Records and released Agogo Live, Regrooving The Dream, Red=Luck and Watch The Sky. The latter was a NY Times Critic Choice.http In 2010, Patty celebrates her 25th year of recording with 25, a stripped down retrospective of 25 love songs with 25 featured guests (Road Narrows Records/Signature Sounds).

Patty Larkin produced La Guitara, a compilation of international women guitarists challenging the notion that there are no great women guitarists. She has also performed on numerous compilations and her songs have been featured in the following films: “Regrooving the Dream” in Evolution (Dreamworks); “Good Thing” in Random Hearts (Columbia Pictures); and “Coming Up For Air” and “Tenderness on the Block” in Sliding Doors (Miramax).

Patty Larkin is the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Music degree from Berklee College of Music. She has also been honored by Boston’s Mayor Thomas Menino with “Patty Larkin Appreciation Day” for her career in music and philanthropic contributions.

Personal life

Patty currently lives with her partner and two adopted children in Truro, Cape Cod, MA.

Discography

(with Four Bitchin' Babes)

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