Kati Penn: My Turn To Cry
Fiddler Kati Penn has just released her new CD, My Turn To Cry. The recording is produced by resophonic guitarist Rob Ickes and includes an all-star cast of players.
In addition to her fiddling, Penn also contributes lead and harmony vocals to the project. She is joined by Rob Ickes on dobro; Jr Williams on guitar, lead and harmony vocals; Bryan Sutton on guitar; Dave Pomeroy on bass; Andy Leftwich on mandolin; Aaron McDaris on banjo; John Cowan, Jon Randall, and J.P. Pennington on harmony vocals.
Shawn Lane, Donna Hughes, Tony Furtado, John Pennell, and J.P. Pennington all contributed compositions to this recording.
Audio samples are online at Kati’s Myspace page.
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