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Steve Martin picked up his banjo again in 2009, recording his first-ever all-instrumental album with his Steep Canyon Rangers, and then he wound up devoting the better part of the next half decade to the instrument he loved since a teenager. Never shy on-stage, he nevertheless wasn't a natural frontperson, so once he ran through two albums with the Rangers, he joined forces with Edie Brickell, an unexpected but natural fit. Bluegrass may not have been in Brickell's vocabulary per se but she's an old versatile folkie comfortable with an array of Americana, something proven out by her new millennial group the Gaddabouts. When Brickell teamed with Martin, they found a common folk-pop ground assisted by producer Peter Asher on 2013's Love Has Come for You, and its 2015 sequel So Familiar is indeed a sequel: it offers more of the same, more of the tasteful dance numbers and romanticism heard on the first. This is hardly a bad thing. Martin and Brickell have an easy, natural chemistry, with Edie helping to focus Steve's nimble, graceful playing while the banjoist returns the favor by loosening up the singer, so she doesn't seem as precious as she sometimes did with the New Bohemians. While the duo sometimes sneaks a glance toward yesterday -- "Another Round" rambles forward like a square dance and "Way Back in the Day" makes its nostalgia plain -- this is unapologetically well-tailored contemporary music, drawing upon the traditions of Kentucky and Laurel Canyon to create something gentle, pretty, and substantive, something that is as enchanting as it was the first time around.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Peter Asher, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Edie Brickell, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - STEVE MARTIN, Banjo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Aho, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Berman, Harmonium, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Alan Ross, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Hammond B3, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 40 Share Productions, Inc. and Edie Brickell
Peter Asher, Producer, Percussion, Ukulele, AssociatedPerformer - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Victoria Asher, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Edie Brickell, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEOFF ZANELLI, Conductor, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - STEVE MARTIN, Banjo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Aho, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Ann Marie Simpson, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Berman, Accordion, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Alan Ross, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 40 Share Productions, Inc. and Edie Brickell
Peter Asher, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Edie Brickell, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEOFF ZANELLI, Conductor, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - STEVE MARTIN, Guitar, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Aho, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Doug Livingston, Pedal Steel, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Guggino, Mandolin, AssociatedPerformer - Ann Marie Simpson, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Alan Ross, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 40 Share Productions, Inc. and Edie Brickell
Peter Asher, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Victoria Asher, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Edie Brickell, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Nathaniel Kunkel, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - STEVE MARTIN, Banjo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Aho, Drums, Percussion, Piano, Conga, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Alan Ross, Electric Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 40 Share Productions, Inc. and Edie Brickell
Peter Asher, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Bleth, Recorder, AssociatedPerformer - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Victoria Asher, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Edie Brickell, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEOFF ZANELLI, Conductor, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - STEVE MARTIN, Banjo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Aho, Drums, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Ann Marie Simpson, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Berman, Accordion, Piano, Harmonium, Celesta, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Alan Ross, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 40 Share Productions, Inc. and Edie Brickell
Peter Asher, Producer - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Victoria Asher, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Edie Brickell, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEOFF ZANELLI, Conductor, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - STEVE MARTIN, Banjo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Einziger, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Aho, Drums, Percussion, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Ann Marie Calhoun, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Berman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Alan Ross, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Baritone Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 40 Share Productions, Inc. and Edie Brickell
Peter Asher, Producer - Chris Bleth, Clarinet, AssociatedPerformer - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Edie Brickell, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEOFF ZANELLI, Conductor, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - STEVE MARTIN, Banjo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Aho, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Ann Marie Calhoun, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Berman, Celesta, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Alan Ross, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 40 Share Productions, Inc. and Edie Brickell
Peter Asher, Producer - Edie Brickell, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - STEVE MARTIN, Banjo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Graham Sharp, Banjo, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Guggino, Mandolin, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicky Sanders, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - Woody Platt, Acoustic Guitar, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Ashworth, Electric Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Charles R Humphrey lll, Double Bass, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 40 Share Productions, Inc. and Edie Brickell
Peter Asher, Producer, Acoustic Guitar, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Victoria Asher, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Edie Brickell, Vocals, Background Vocalist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - STEVE MARTIN, Banjo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Einziger, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Aho, Drums, Percussion, Marimba, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Alan Ross, Organ, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 40 Share Productions, Inc. and Edie Brickell
Peter Asher, Producer, Guitar, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Chris Bleth, Whistle, AssociatedPerformer - BELA FLECK, Banjo, AssociatedPerformer - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Edie Brickell, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEOFF ZANELLI, Conductor, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - STEVE MARTIN, Banjo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Aho, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Ann Marie Calhoun, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Alan Ross, Guitar, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 40 Share Productions, Inc. and Edie Brickell
Peter Asher, Producer, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Victoria Asher, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Edie Brickell, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEOFF ZANELLI, Conductor, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - STEVE MARTIN, Banjo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Aho, Drums, Percussion, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Ann Marie Calhoun, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Alan Ross, Organ, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 40 Share Productions, Inc. and Edie Brickell
Peter Asher, Producer, Percussion, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer - Leland Sklar, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Edie Brickell, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - GEOFF ZANELLI, Conductor, String Arranger, AssociatedPerformer - STEVE MARTIN, Banjo, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Mike Einziger, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Aho, Percussion, Vibraphone, AssociatedPerformer - Ann Marie Calhoun, Orchestra Leader, AssociatedPerformer - Rob Berman, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jeff Alan Ross, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2015 40 Share Productions, Inc. and Edie Brickell
Album review
Steve Martin picked up his banjo again in 2009, recording his first-ever all-instrumental album with his Steep Canyon Rangers, and then he wound up devoting the better part of the next half decade to the instrument he loved since a teenager. Never shy on-stage, he nevertheless wasn't a natural frontperson, so once he ran through two albums with the Rangers, he joined forces with Edie Brickell, an unexpected but natural fit. Bluegrass may not have been in Brickell's vocabulary per se but she's an old versatile folkie comfortable with an array of Americana, something proven out by her new millennial group the Gaddabouts. When Brickell teamed with Martin, they found a common folk-pop ground assisted by producer Peter Asher on 2013's Love Has Come for You, and its 2015 sequel So Familiar is indeed a sequel: it offers more of the same, more of the tasteful dance numbers and romanticism heard on the first. This is hardly a bad thing. Martin and Brickell have an easy, natural chemistry, with Edie helping to focus Steve's nimble, graceful playing while the banjoist returns the favor by loosening up the singer, so she doesn't seem as precious as she sometimes did with the New Bohemians. While the duo sometimes sneaks a glance toward yesterday -- "Another Round" rambles forward like a square dance and "Way Back in the Day" makes its nostalgia plain -- this is unapologetically well-tailored contemporary music, drawing upon the traditions of Kentucky and Laurel Canyon to create something gentle, pretty, and substantive, something that is as enchanting as it was the first time around.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:33:50
- Main artists: Steve Martin Edie Brickell
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rounder Records
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 2015 40 Share Productions, Inc. and Edie Brickell ℗ 2015 40 Share Productions, Inc. and Edie Brickell
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