The City's Backyard S2 Ep 54: Singer/Songwriter Lara Taubman is releasing a new album this month called "Ol Kentucky Light"! We chat with her about her musical influences and play a couple of the new tracks! Lara describes her music as "Americana"

We are featuring Americana Singer/Songwriter Lara Taubman for this episode! It is sort of ironic that  Lara mentions in this podcast that she is 54 yrs old and we just so happen to be on episode 54! That must be a sign that the timing was perfect for her to be our guest in the city's backyard! Here is the intro on her website about the new album she is releasing in September 2022!~From Lara:The idea for this album came on a 105 degree day in July in Manhattan in 2021. The pressure of the heat was down on me and the gospel song “If I Can Help Somebody” was playing in my ears, the version sung by Mahalia Jackson.  I floated down the hazy sidewalk on University Place, her voice loud and raw in my headphones. Her truthful sound, the words, the tinkling reverb-y piano, made me feel as if I was hallucinating a flower unfolding before my eyes. Hours after that intense moment, the meaning of mercy was brought to me for the first time in my life, in a strange and mystical experience in Washington Square Park. I fortuitously met producer and drummer, Steven Williams, two months after that hot day in Manhattan on a gig.  Very quickly after meeting him, I realized I had met the person who could help me make “Ol’ Kentucky Light.”  For more log onto:https://www.larataubman.com/