COMMON WEALTH

Diane Cluck co-produced her eighth album alongside multi-instrumentalist Colin Killalea. It s the first album I ve recorded in my adopted hometown of Charlottesville, Virginia, and I let sounds of the region influence its making and bend my songwriting. I wanted to collaborate, and to focus on deep emotion including golden-yellow joyful. I wanted to make an album that honored my family and could resonate with young and old. Spaciously arranged instrumentation highlights the strength of Diane s lyricism and signature vocal style, and the album features an array of accompanying musicians including longtime collaborator Isabel Castellvi on cello, John D earth on flugelhorn, Michelle Oliva on bass clarinet, John Ashley Murphy on harmonica, Brian Caputo on drums and Curtis Fye on bass. Diane and co-producer Colin Killalea each play piano, guitar, drums and percussion. Common Wealth deftly weaves disparate elements of old-time music, classical, folk, jazz improvisation and church hymn into something uniquely vibrant.