Lorna Luft: Songs My Mother Taught Me

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SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME

SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME: THE CD
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	TRACKS 1. Lorna/Minstrel Girl 2. I Feel A Song Comin’ On 3. Rock-A-Bye Your Baby (With A Dixie Melody) 4. Mother Daughter Medley You’re Nearer I Can’t Give You Anything But Love Through The Years 5. Chicago 6. The Man That Got Away 7. Come Rain Or Come Shine 8. Born In A Trunk (medley) 9. Shining Star/Over The Rainbow BONUS TRACKS 10. Carnegie Hall Overture 11. Hello Bluebird

"It's Triumphant and moving..." - Daily Express

20 January 2008 - Australian CD release! Songs My Mother Taught Me is released in Australia on February 9 through the label Rhythm Safari (Universal).

FIRST NIGHT RECORDS RELEASES LORNA LUFT: SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME A Celebration of the Music of Judy Garland RELEASE DATE: 22 OCTOBER 2007 First Night Records is proud to announce the long awaited and much anticipated UK release of Lorna Luft’s debut CD – Lorna Luft: Songs My Mother Taught Me on 22 October 2007. Produced by Barry Manilow and Colin R. Freeman, Lorna Luft: Songs My Mother Taught Me celebrates the music of Ms. Luft's mother, “the world’s greatest entertainer,” Miss Judy Garland and features songs from such Hollywood classics as The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St. Louis, Easter Parade, A Star is Born and more. In support of the CD release, Ms. Luft will undertake her first UK concert tour in over 10 years. Songs My Mother Taught Me: Live in Concert will play 15 venues commencing 26 January 2008 through 14 February 2008. Lorna Luft: Songs My Mother Taught Me, produced by Colin R. Freeman and Ms. Luft’s long time friend, entertainment icon Barry Manilow, is an electrifying celebration of the legend, the music and the memories of Ms. Luft's mother Judy Garland. This affectionate tribute, based on Ms. Luft’s acclaimed live concert, features riveting interpretations of her mother’s most memorable songs including the signature tunes "Rock-A-Bye Your Baby (With a Dixie Melody)," "Chicago," "The Man That Got Away” and "Come Rain or Come Shine." Amongst the CD’s many highlights is a passionate duet medley in which mother and daughter join voices on “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love” and “Through the Years." Lorna Luft: Songs My Mother Taught Me also features Judy Garland’s live performance of “Lorna;” a song written by Johnny Mercer for Ms. Luft’s childhood appearance on The Judy Garland Show. The First Night Records studio recording of Lorna Luft: Songs My Mother Taught Me features 11 tracks with over 38 memorable songs including “Born in a Trunk,” Ms. Luft’s musical journey through her mother’s life, incorporating music from Miss Garland’s legendary motion pictures including The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St. Louis, Summer Stock, Easter Parade, A Star is Born and her legendary 1961 concert at New York’s famed Carnegie Hall. The CD also features two bonus tracks; a newly recorded version of Miss Garland’s Carnegie Hall Overture and Ms. Luft’s showstopping rendition of “Hello Bluebird,” a song featured in her mother’s final film I Could Go On Singing. A critically acclaimed audience favorite in the US, the live concert of Songs My Mother Taught Me, which the Los Angeles Times called “heart-stopping and thrilling… an incandescent revelation not to be missed,” completed an 8 week season in London’s West End at the Savoy Theatre in 2004 and played Ireland in 2005. In support of the CD release, Ms. Luft will undertake her first UK concert tour in over 10 years with Songs My Mother Taught Me: Live in Concert. She will play 15 venues commencing 26 January 2008.

SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME: LIVE IN CONCERT UK TOUR
January 28 - February 14, 2008
See the EVENTS page for full schedule

SONGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME: LIVE IN CONCERT

For decades my dear friend Barry Manilow has been urging me to create a musical tribute to my mom. "You HAVE to do this" he'd tell me, "It's your great mission in life to continue her legacy." Well, for a long time that legacy was just too overwhelming, just too personal for me, her daughter.

But a few years ago I had reached a point in my life where I did become a little more comfortable with the comparisons and the legacy. I felt I had come full circle and might be able to undertake the challenge of celebrating her legacy; so I called Barry to tell him I thought I was finally ready to attempt it. He was ecstatic! He said there were only two people to write this show; Ken and Mitzie Welch. He's worked with them for years and trusted that they could find the right framework to celebrate my mom. When I first spoke with the Welch's, they said if I just wanted to sing a bunch of her songs – they weren’t interested. However, if I wanted to take the audience on a musical journey of my mom’s life as it relates to me – then they’d be very interested. So thus began the creation of the most personal, most important show I've ever been part of.

The whole context of the show is music but it's also about memories. People will experience an extra sense of nostalgia for the music and they'll be enriched by the love because there's an amazing amount of love on stage and in the audience.

In the show, we laugh, we cry, we sing, we joke and we celebrate the joy that was and still is my mom and her music. That's all we do for two hours. I know I'm doing the right thing. We want people to have a good time and be entertained - that's my job.
-- Lorna