Waterlines by Zoe FitzGerald Carter

I began recording the album at the end of 2019 and finished it in the middle of the pandemic in 2020. Happily, most of the music was recorded during the “before times” when musicians came to the studio, played for a few hours, swapped jokes at lunch, and worked the rest of the afternoon. Oh, what a difference a year makes!

The album straddles a range of musical styles. My musical roots are pretty firmly planted in Americana and folk but I’ve come to love the complexity and texture of jazz and Latin music, some of which found its way onto the album. I even ventured into funk on I Wanna Be A Teenage Boy, co-written with San Diego keyboardist, Hindy Bare, during the Kavanaugh hearings. We were both going crazy but at least we got a cool bass line out of it.

Waterlines refers to the act of writing itself, but also evokes the way we look for clues and remnants from the past. Like tracing waterlines on a river bank after a drought or flood.

I hope you enjoy these songs. Xo Zoe

Tracklist

1.	Better Things to Do	4:20

2.	Below the Waterline	4:52

3.	Only Girl	4:05

4.	Owl in Kensington	4:49

5.	On the Raft	4:29

6.	These Words	2:50

7.	Like A Drum	4:57

8.	Saturday Man	4:01

9.	One Too Many Days in Nashville	4:22

10.	I Wanna Be A Teenage Boy	3:13

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Credits

released March 26, 2021

Production Credits: Jeffrey Wood (producer), Alberto Hernandez (sound engineer and mixing), Ken Lee (mastering)
Musicians:
Dawn Richardson (drums, percussion)
Paul Olguin (electric bass)
Julie Wolf (keyboard, organ, accordion)
Erik Jekabson (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Michael Papenburg (electric and acoustic guitar)
Pam DelGado (backup vocals, percussion)
Brian Bloom (acoustic guitar)
David Boyden (violin)
Dan Seamans (standup bass)
Mark Schapiro (harmonica)
J.Wood (additional guitar, strings)

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