Jack White Produces Wife’s First Album
By Jeffrey Hyatt
It’s been chronicled time again just what a busy cat Jack White is; the guy is a music-makin’ machine. So it shouldn’t be any great surprise to hear that White made a little room on his to-do list recently to produce the solo debut of his wife, British supermodel Karen Elson. The production took place at, surprise, White’s Third Man Studios in Nashville.
Elson’s The Ghost Who Walks, which features 11 original tunes, each written by Elson, is due this summer from, surprise again, Third Man Records/XL Recordings..
Check below to watch the video for an acoustic version of “The Ghost Who Walks.”
Freaky video aside, Elson has a fine voice; soft, but dangerous! It’s also not a bad tune, simple and just moody enough to keep things interesting. I’ll be curious to hear how much influence her husband injects into the overall sound of the album.
Elson is mostly new to this music career thing, but she did collaborate with Cat Power in 2006 on a tribute to French songwriter Serge Gainsbourg, plus she co-founded the Citizens Band – a collective of NYC performers that includes Melissa Auf der Maur, Maggie Gyllenhaal and Shudder to Think’s Craig Wedren as contributors.
Elson is also married to Jack White so that cannot hurt.
You can also download Elson’s song here.
Friday, March 5, 2010 5:24AM
the cranes called and they want their guitar riff back.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011 11:07AM
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