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Hannah Wicklund – releases ‘Mama Said’ (Live At The Troubadour)

Widely acclaimed singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and artistic visionary Hannah Wicklund has released her new single ‘Mama Said’ taken from her forthcoming album Live At The Troubadour via Strawberry Moon Records.
 

Live At The Troubadour was recorded at her March 2024 performance at the legendary Troubadour in Los Angeles as part of her Hell In The Hallway world tour. The album captures the entire concert performed with her full band featuring her hits and fan favorites from across her two hugely praised albums Hannah Wicklund and the Steppin Stones (2018) and The Prize (2024).
 
The new single ‘Mama Said’ showcases some of Hannah’s earliest work, written during her teenage years and originally featuring on the Hannah Wicklund and the Steppin Stones album. The live version however is an enhanced display of her astounding musicianship. Coming in at over double the time of the original single, the pensive blues song is expanded with a huge solo incorporating Hannah’s enthralling unique use of the talk box alongside her deft guitar playing, all captured among a captivating jam with her band.

Regarding the single Hannah says, “The pain of being a young girl trying to feel loved at the hands of man twice her age is where ‘Mama Said’ was born; a song I wrote at 17 years old. The confusion and sorrow of that situation created the exact landscape I needed as a teenager to start exploring the slower, more tasteful side of truly emotive guitar playing.
 
When I’ve played this song live it’s featured an extended jam and talk box solo since day one, and over the last decade it’s become an anchor in any show I play. The level of expression you can reach by adding the talk box to your guitar playing is fascinating to me, especially layered then by delay, recreating the echoes that ruminate in your mind when you’re young and figuring the world out.”

LIVE AT THE TROUBADOUR TRACK LISTING
Side A
   1. Hell in the Hallway
   2. Hide and Seek
   3. Witness
   4. Lost Love 
 
Side B
   5. Shadowboxes and Porcelain Faces
   6. Songbird Sing
   7. The Prize
 
Side C
   8. Can’t Get Enough
   9. Intervention
   10. Mama Said
 
Side D
   11. Dark Passenger
   12. Sun to Sun
   13. Jam in E Minor 
   14. Bomb through the Breeze
   15. Strawberry Moon

The album will be released on double gatefold vinyl, CD and DSPs on January 24th 2025 and available to pre-order now here. Ahead of general release the physical LP will be available exclusively to purchase at independent record stores from January 17th. A limited edition Live at the Troubadour Double LP: Strawberry Moon Special Edition is also available to pre-order now here.

Ian Mc Donnell

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