News:
We are excited to announce the brand new album released on Telarc:
Yes We Can! / Maria Muldaur
Maria Muldaur's roots are in the folk revival of the early '60s, a time when figures like Pete Seeger and Bob Dylan
were making bold statements about the civil rights movement, Vietnam, and other burning issues of the day. More than
four decades later, in the face of political and social issues in which the stakes are equally high, Muldaur assembles a
group of legendary female performers to lend their voices in a critical examination of where we are as a nation and where
we're going. Songs include "Yes, We Can," "John Brown" and "Pray for the U.S.A." The guest list includes Bonnie Raitt, Joan
Baez, Holly Near, Phoebe Snow, Odetta and Jane Fonda. (Amanda Sweet)
News:
Review excerpts for Yes We Can!:
"Maria Muldaur has performed sassy, sexually charged tunes, stylish jazz numbers, torch cuts and classic blues, but
she's never been more inspirational in theme or as evocative in her approach as on this new collection of topical
numbers.
Muldaur assembled a fabulous group of accompanying singers billed as "The Women's Voices for Peace Choir".....[who
together]
perform rousing, stirring numbers whose tone and messages are invigorating and unifying.
Muldaur has enjoyed a fair share of hits and significant releases, but Yes We Can! stands as her finest on many levels."
~ The City Paper Nashville's Daily News July 21, 2008
"If ever there was a time for a good, old-fashioned collection of protest songs, it's right now. Maria Muldaur, herself
a veteran of the Sixties when war protest was at its height, has joined forces with some of today's best-known female
vocalists to create "Yes We Can!," ...[and together they] make a joyful noise that seeks to create a vision of a better
world ...and showcases the work of some of the most socially-conscious writers of our lifetime, such as Bob Dylan,
Marvin Gaye, and Garth Brooks, just to name a few.
Rather than preaching gloom and doom, Maria and her contemporaries use "Yes We Can!" as their instrument to try and get
everyone to unite to make a difference and work for peaceful solutions to the world's problems. This one could not have
been released at a better time, and is highly recommended."
~ Music City Blues Sheryl and Don Crow July 9, 2008
40 years after the folk revival of the 60's, Maria Muldaur has assembled some legendary female vocalists for her July
Telarc release "Yes We Can," a very powerful selection of protest songs that not only work as commentary on the state of
the world, but musically, hit every high note. Muldaur, never sounding better, along with Bonnie Raitt, Odetta, Joan
Baez and Phoebe Snow to name but a few, sing from the soul. Fresh takes on Marvin Gaye's "Inner City Blues," Bob Dylan's
"License To Kill," Earl King's "Make A Better World, " and Allen Toussaint's "Yes We Can Can" sit nicely alongside such
traditional tunes as "John Brown," and "Down By The Riverside." ...it doesn't get much better musically.
~ The Huffington Post, Sal Nunziato August 2008
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