Amber Rubarth - Session from the 17th Ward (One Step) / Evolution Music

American singer-songwriter and actress Amber Rubarth was born in California. She graduated from high school at the age of 17 and moved to Carson City, Nevada, to complete an apprenticeship in a wood sculpture studio.

After three years, she dropped out to focus on music full-time. She taught herself to play guitar and started performing at local open mic nights and cafés. Her extraordinary talent quickly got her noticed: renowned producer

Phil Ramone described her style in The Huffington Post as “part of the new old soul generation.” In addition to her solo career, Rubarth is co-founder of the Brooklyn-based indie band The Paper Raincoat and the British harmony

trio Applewood Road, which The Telegraph named one of the best albums of 2016. Her original arrangement of “Losing My Religion” for the band R.E.M. has been played over 1 million times on Spotify. “Sessions From The 17th Ward”

is a prime example of Chesky Records' groundbreaking binaural 3D recording technology and the first of two albums the award-winning musician has recorded for the renowned New York label.

On “Sessions From The 17th Ward,” Amber Rubarth captivates listeners with her narrative lyrics and plaintive voice. She is beautifully accompanied by cellist Dave Eggar, fiddler Tim Snider and percussionist Chuck Palmer. Rubarth

presents fourteen fascinating tracks, including original compositions such as “Novocaine” and “Washing Day,” jazz standards such as “A Kiss To Build A Dream On” and folk-rock evergreens such as Bob Dylan's “Just Like A Woman”

and Tom Waits' “Hold On.” Americana classics by the Carter Family – “Storms Are On The Ocean” – and atmospheric instrumental pieces (“Tundra”) also make the album a very special gem in the Chesky discography. As part of the

“Chesky Original Masters” series, we are delighted to present the reissue of the album originally released in 2012: this time in superior sound quality using the One-Step process, pressed on 180-gram vinyl (33 RPM)!

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Side A
1.    Hold On
2.    Don't You
3.    Strive (Interlude)
4.    A Kiss To Build A Dream On
5.    Down Home (Interlude)
6.    Novocaine
7.    Darkest Dark, Brightest Light

Side B
1.    Tundra (Interlude)
2.    Good Mystery
3.    Washing Day
4.    Full Moon In Paris
5.    Just Like A Woman
6.    Storms Are On The Ocean