Today’s featured Daytrotter session comes courtesy of Dri, our favorite Lawrence, KS songstress who released her lovely debut, Smoke Rings, last year on Range Life Records. Smoke Rings has been on heavy rotation for me since it came out, so to hear these reworked versions from the intimate Daytrotter vaults is totally a treat. I saw her show at Huckleberry’s the night that she did the session, if you remember, and it marked one of the first (if not the first, I can’t remember) times that these songs ditched the iPod backing track in lieu of a full band. The session itself features three cuts from that album and a cover of a Brazilian band called Spectrum. The added bonus here is that album opener “Two Are One,” done as a solo take, happens to be one of the best Daytrotter session songs I’ve ever heard. I admit that I have not listened to every single one, but I’ve heard a lot and this just blows me away with how rich and warm it sounds. Click the link below to download the songs for free. Non-Iowans will be able to catch Dri on a leg of Conor Oberst’s solo tour with his Mystic River Band in July in support of his forthcoming solo record.
Dri on tour with Conor Oberst:
Jul 29 - Richard’s on Richards - Vancouver, British Columbia
Jul 30 - Neumo’s - Seattle, Washington
Jul 31 - Midtown Ballroom - Bend, Oregon
Aug 1 - Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, California
Aug 2 - Bottom of the Hill - San Francisco, California
Aug 3 - Rio Theatre - Santa Cruz, California
Aug 5 - Troubadour - West Hollywood, California
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