The short story... ADLER & HEARNE | To The Heart
From their Spring Hollow Organic Song Farm in the piney woods outside the rural arts hamlet of Winnsboro, Texas – performing songwriters Lynn Adler and Lindy Hearne serve up a bountiful harvest on “To The Heart.” (Note: she’s the Adler; he’s the Hearne. Their music is of the folk-jazz / blues-grass variety.)
The two met in Nashville while on solo musical journeys. Years later their paths merged in Texas, where they formed the duo Adler & Hearne. Returning to the city where they first met, they recorded this – their debut studio recording. A carefully chosen collection of 13 songs – each story illuminating a larger theme; images of water (healing, restorative, flowing), bridges, and the preciousness of love and life.
Their music has grown deep roots in the sandy soil of Texas’ upper east side. Adler & Hearne’s songs reflect glimmers of their life stories, and their home – considered hallowed ground by the stream of friends and family who gather there for the reverie of music making by the deep spring waters of ‘Goolsby’s Pool.’
On “To The Heart,” produced by Rick Clark, Adler & Hearne are accompanied by Byron House on bass, Rob Ickes on dobro, Michael Johnson on classical guitar, Andy Leftwich on fiddle, viola, mandolin and mandola, Ken Lewis on percussion, and Dave Pomeroy on bass. Co-writers on five of the songs include Lisa Aschmann, Hal Greenwood, Freddy Lovvorn, and Tom Prasada-Rao.
Engineer: Richard McLaurin. Recording studio: House of David, Nashville. Mastering: Andrew Mendelson/Georgetown Masters (Nashville).
NOW -- here's an informative, live-in-the-studio radio interview with Adler & Hearne! One of these days, we'll post "The longer story about our lives as 'organic song farmers.' In the meantime, KETR "Notably Texan" radio host Matt Meinke produced a detail-packed, one-hour interview of yours trulies, broadcast on July 29, 2010.
Link here to listen: http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/ketr/local-ketr-915820.mp3
Better yet -- cut and paste the above link into a separate browser to listen while you browse our site, or while you cook dinner, or fold laundry, or do your homework, or curl up with someone you love. Laugh with us. Hear some live-in-the-studio performances of our songs. And hey! Why not start that email to us about performing in your living room one of these days soon? Here ya go! lynnandlindy@adlerandhearne.com.
By the way, KETR is "our" National Public Radio station, located on the campus of Texas A&M in Commerce (just about 40 miles northwest of our home). Hats off to Matt Meinke and all the other fine radio folks out there in the world who work so hard to keep music aLIVE and well in the world by helping music like ours find its way to the ears of folks like YOU!