Monday, May 16, 2011

Matraca Berg Visits 'Dreaming Fields' on First CD in 14 Years

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Matraca Berg's last album, 'Sunday Morning to Saturday Night,' released a mere 14 years ago, was hailed by USA Today, Time, Entertainment Weekly and People, among others, as one of the year's Top 10 releases.

Now the songwriter whose tunes have been covered by Kenny Chesney ('You and Tequila'), Trisha Yearwood ('Wrong Side of Memphis'), Martina McBride ('Wild Angels'), Reba McEntire ('The Last One to Know') and Deana Carter ('Strawberry Wine') among countless others, returns with her own moody, enigmatic collection, 'The Dreaming Fields,' out Tuesday (May 17) on Dualtone. [Listen to the full album here.]

"I knew when I was writing these songs, the ones that I was drawn to ... that they deserved to be heard," says the Nashville native, who landed her first No. 1 single as an 18-year-old songwriter with 'Faking Love' (recorded by T.G. Sheppard and Karen Brooks). "They were a bit deeper and darker than a lot of what's happening, so I knew it was up to me. I'd done some shows with various girlfriends, and when you look at the women -- and the men -- in the audience, I realized these stories I'm writing are their stories too. So, making sure they get to them became important to me."

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