Mary Coughlan - Red Blues (2002)

RED BLUES was recorded on just four days in Bremen, Germany, with the participitation of Mary’s regular accompanist Peter O’Brien on piano, Londoner Frank Mead - from Bill Wyman’s current band - on saxophones, and the US rhythm section of Bill Rich (bass) and Kester Smith (drums) – both known from various bands of Taj Mahal. For just one day the Canadian string wizards of the Tri-Continental group joined the proceedings: Bill Bourne, Lester Quitzau and Madagascar Slim were touring Northern Europe at the time and their contribution moved quite a lot of strings in a very short period of time. T & M owner Petra Hanisch produced the record and with this project again she was able to work with an artist who had previously guested in Bremen for the "Women in (E)Motion” festival. Following AFTER THE FALL and LONG HONEYMOON, recorded in New York with ex-Tom Waits cohort Greg Cohen, this is Mary Coughlan’s third studio production after returning to the scene.