When we last carried an interview with I had stolen time from her backstage at The gig in Edinburgh, To get things started we鈥檇 knocked on her dressing room door. I felt slight trepidation at this point as I鈥檇 already encountered and he鈥檇 rightly wondered what on earth we were all doing there. My nerves, however, were offset by the intrigue of seeing her put down her guitar to come to the interview up the stair. What was she doing in there? (to misquote Tom) Was she writing new songs... would there be an album...was anyone else involved?
The answers didn鈥檛 come immediately but a few weeks ago I found out everything. Patty Griffin and Robert Plant came in to Studio 1 at AC central to record a session and Patty talked extensively about that writing process, her collaborators and clear up if she was really writing songs in that dressing room. It was made slightly, and I choose this word carefully, surreal by the great presence of Robert. He was such fun; chatted to everyone about music, Scotland, being famous鈥verything really. It was also clear that he loved being involved and bringing a little more attention to what Patty Griffin was doing. As you well know 鈥� and I鈥檒l reiterate it here again 鈥� I think Patty is my favourite singer. She could sing anything and proved how versatile she was on Downtown Church a couple of years back, but on this new record she鈥檚 on sparkling form writing, playing and singing her own songs. It鈥檚 a very moving story of loss too as she will explain when she tells us the story of her late father who didn鈥檛 say very much (he had been a trappist monk at one point) but did say the words, 鈥楧on鈥檛 Let Me Die In Florida.鈥� It鈥檚 a great session with some brilliant insights from Patty so don鈥檛 miss it.
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