little big town

Hey CosmoGIRL!s,

...Especially all of you songwriters who stay up late at night writing songs and playing your guitar, hoping you don’t wake anybody up—this blog is for you. I want to tell you what I did last night. I saw a very intimate concert by the band Little Big Town. It was held in NYC’s Soho area at a bookstore called Housing Works Café. Housing Works is a place that takes donations of clothes, books, and other cool things and resells them, then gives the money to help people affected by HIV/AIDS. It’s a great organization that has locations all over New York City, and the vibe of the bookstore/café location is like a little bohemian lounge. And that was the scene for this awesome gig—I can’t call it a concert because it was so small and special, with only about 50 of us in the audience.

The band—there are 4 main singers plus backup musicians—is kind of like Fleetwood Mac, if you’ve ever heard their music, which was hugely popular in the 70’s and 80’s. LBT is like them because there’s usually one main singer for each song but the rest of them sing the backup harmonies together. And it’s all of their voices together that make this band’s sound so different and so amazing. You just have to hear them. The two lead female vocalists—Kimberly and Karen—met back in college, which I think is so cool, and why I wanted to tell you about them. They’ve worked so hard through the years and are about to release their third CD, called “A Place to Land” on November 6 (buy it here). But my point is that they started out as two girls who became friends in college and realized that when they sang together, they sounded awesome, and they kept their dream to have a hit CD alive. Now here they are today, living their dream.

So listen and watch their new video for “I’m With the Band” here and if you’re just starting out as a singer/songwriter, keep at it! Don’t let go of your passion. Kim and Karen didn’t and now they have one of the best bands around, one of my absolute favorites that I never get sick of listening to. Tell me if you’re fans of LBT too!

Love,
Susan

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