Bible Belt [PA]

Performer: Diane Birch
Engineer: Howard Beno; Sheldon Steiger; Steve Greenwell
Producer: Mike Mangini; Steve Greenberg; Betty Wright
Distributor: EMI Music Distribution

Notes: Personnel: Diane Birch (vocals, guitar, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, organ, Farfisa, Wurlitzer organ, keyboards, hand claps, bells); Sumyia Dabney, Jose Moro, Cole Williams, Bobby Jay and the Hawks, Eugene Pitt, Joel Katz, Betty Wright (vocals, hand claps); Michael Longoria (vocals); John McCurry (acoustic guitar, electric guitar); Angelo Morris (electric guitar, acoustic bass); Fionn O Lochlainn, Lenny Kaye (electric guitar); Eva Burmeister, Kuan Cheng Lu, Liza Lim, Jenny Strenger, Tomas K. Carney, Annaliesa Place, Sarah OBoyle, Jung Sun Yoo, Karen Marx, Arnaud Sussman, Minyoung Chang, Sandra Park, Lisa Kim, Suzanne Ornstein, Shan Jiang (violin); Michael Roth, Dawn Hannay, Daniel Panner, David Creswell, Desiree Elsevier, Vivek Kamath (viola); Eileen Moon, Sumire Kudo, Wei Hong Yu, Eugene Briskin, Jeanne LeBlanc, Sophie Shao, Mary Wooten (cello); Lenny Pickett, Lou Marini (saxophone); Jim Hines, Frank London (trumpet); Tom "Bones" Malone (flugelhorn, trombone); Erik Ralske, Phil Myers (horns); Stanton Moore (drums, percussion); Cindy Blackman (drums); Shannon Powell (tambourine); Steve Greenberg (hand claps). Audio Mixers: Howard Beno; Mike Mangini ; Steve Greenwell. Recording information: Avatar Studios, New York, NY; Chung King Studios, New York, NY; Clinton Recording Studios, New York, NY; Mojo Studios, New York, NY; Piety Street Studios, New Orleans, LA; Sear Sound Studios, New York, NY; Stevestudio, New York, NY. Photographers: Melodie McDaniel; Tim Ives. It's hard to imagine a more desirable item on a singer/songwriter's resume than growing up as the child of a traveling preacher, which is indeed Diane Birch's oft-repeated backstory. The most significant thing about Birch, though, is her love of late-'60s/early-'70s folk, pop, and soul, which comes through loud and clear on her debut album, BIBLE BELT. The singer/pianist's bell-clear voice tugs gently at your ear as her tunes echo the likes of Carole King, Elton John, and Carly Simon. The production team behind Joss Stone is at work here as well, and they know just how to make a roots-worshipping young woman sound totally contemporary.

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