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JOAN OSBORNE


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Sunday, November 12, 2023
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JOAN OSBORNE

On her tenth studio album, the masterful Trouble and Strife, Joan Osborne has
issued a clarion call. With stunning vocals, a diverse range of sonics, and
incisive lyrics, this deeply engaging collection of new original songs is her
response to “the crazy, chaotic times we’re living in,” she says, and “a
recognition of the important role music has to play in this moment. Music has a
unique ability to re-energize people and allow us to continue to hang on to that
sense of joy of being alive.” 

Since she broke through 25 years ago with the multi-platinum Relish and its
touchstone mega-smash “One of Us,” the seven-time Grammy nominee has never
played it safe. Osborne has followed her restless musical heart, exploring a
diverse range of genres: pop rock, soul, R&B, blues, roots rock, gospel, funk,
and country – all of which can be heard on Trouble and Strife, along with the
Western side of C&W and a touch of glam and disco. “For a lot of the record, we
were going for a ‘70s AM radio vibe,” says Osborne. As for the lyrics, the songs
“are the most political I’ve ever written,” she conveys of her first album of
originals since 2014’s confessional Love and Hate. Osborne also produced Trouble
and Strife, primarily recorded in her basement studio in Brooklyn and released
on the label she founded in 1991, Womanly Hips. 

Tackling serious subject matter in her writing while crafting music to “uplift,”
Osborne assembled “a great live band” (including several musicians who played on
her acclaimed last album, Songs of Bob Dylan): guitarists Jack Petruzzelli, Nels
Cline, and Andrew Carillo, keyboardist Keith Cotton, bassist Richard Hammond and
drummer Aaron Comess. For vocal harmonies, she enlisted exquisite vocalists
Catherine Russell, Ada Dyer, Martha Redbone and Audrey Martells, whom she’s “had
the great privilege to work with over many years.” The result is a Trojan horse
of a record – music that is energizing, melodic, and hummable, with lyrics that
call out the corrupt, the despicable and the destructive. 

Roots-rockin’ opener “Take It Any Way I Can Get It” inspires with the mandate
“I’m still survivin’/I got to be dancin’”, propelled by a joyous gospel-tinged
vocal attack backed by Wurlitzer and Southern-style intertwined guitars that
dare you to sit still. She co-wrote the funky “Never Get Tired (of Loving You)”
with Richard Hammond and her partner Keith Cotton, propelled by Cotton’s Prophet
6 synth, for her teenaged daughter: a message of stability in an uncertain
world. “That song has a serious subtext,” says Osborne, but its “cool, retro
flavor hopefully makes it a joyful thing.” The gorgeous ballad “Whole Wide
World” finds Osborne hitting impossibly high notes, its sound inspired by the
Chi-Lites; its message “is about hanging on to hope and envisioning something
better for the future.” Another early ‘70’s sound infuses the super-catchy “Boy
Dontcha Know”: Osborne’s purring vocals are surrounded by a Spiders from
Mars-era piano and Big Star-esque Mando-guitar; its singalong lyrics look at
gender nonconformity and the obstacles one faces when born female. 

Abuse of power is the subject of two of the angriest songs on Trouble and
Strife, with their infectious sound imbuing the songs a la a wolf in sheep’s
clothing: the bluesy stomp “Hands Off,” punctuated by distinctive guitar riffs,
denounces corrupt exploiters of people and the planet. “That Was A Lie,” with
scornful lyrics buffeted by buoyant pop rock, castigates “those camera-ready
mouthpieces for corrupt officials,” according to Osborne. 

Texan Ana Maria Rea, whose family emigrated to America when she was a child,
contributed spoken passages in her native tongue to the rhythmic “What’s That
You Say.” “She tells the story of her family coming from Mexico City, where her
father had been kidnapped, to the U.S. and how difficult that was,” says
Osborne. “Her message is ‘I’m not afraid,’ and her mission is to help other
people who are in the same position she was in. Ana Maria is a shining light of
a person.” 

Escape from a place where “there’s nothin’ left alive” drives Osborne to
“Panama,” a showcase of her vocal range expressing gut-punch lyrics reminiscent
of Dylan at his most vitriolic. But it is the Western-flavored title track that
Osborne points to as the song most inspired by her “Dylanology” concerts that
began in 2016 and led to her 2018 covers album, “If you spend that intensive
time living with his songs, I think it just rubs off on you,” Osborne admits.
“’Trouble and Strife’ betrays the Dylan influence the most because of the odd
characters coming in and out of these absurd situations (much like the ones we
find ourselves in today).” 

Osborne’s years of experience as a seasoned road warrior are reflected
throughout Trouble and Strife, the album. Her tenure with what she calls a “meat
and potatoes rock ‘n roll band", Trigger Hippy, shows up in “Meat and Potatoes,”
a farewell collaboration with her former bandmates, cut in a Nashville studio:
Written with Trigger Hippy bassist Nick Govrik, it features that group’s
Southern-boogie groove. It’s a feel-good song extolling the virtue of downhome
cookin’ – and lovin’. “ 

It’s been quite the journey since the woman AllMusic.com declared “the most
gifted vocalist of her generation” moved from small-town Kentucky to attend NYU
film school in the 1980s. Osborne’s astounding voice drew attention when she
joined the fun at open mic nights in downtown clubs, which eventually led to
1995’s Relish, “that rare breed of album where critical consensus, popular
approval and enduring appeal unite,” according to American Songwriter. Since
then, she’s performed with Motown’s revered rhythm section the Funk Brothers and
toured with the Dead (where she first met and sang with Dylan). She’s harmonized
with Stevie Wonder at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, duetted with Luciano
Pavarotti, and co-headlined a tour with the legendary Mavis Staples. She has
amassed a loyal fan base as she’s continuously traveled the country. Through it
all, she sees more clearly now than ever the essential role our troubadours
play. 

“I feel like music has this important job to do right now,” Osborne says. “Part
of that job is to help imagine a better future – and to hang on to hope. I want
to play for people and get them up on their feet and dancing. To let music do
that thing it does – bring joy and energy because we really need that right
now.” With Trouble and Strife, she intends to do just that. 

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