Allison Moorer Pays Tribute to Artists Who Inspired Her with 'Mockingbird'(1/2)

Allison Moorer's latest album, Mockingbird, honors many of the artists who inspired her as a singer and songwriter. The title track is the only song Allison wrote for the collection. She recorded the project with producer and Americana musician Buddy Miller, who Allison credits with helping her choose 11 cover songs that she could best interpret. When asked how it felt to record tunes written by legends like June Carter Cash, Joni Mitchell and Nina Simone.

Allison says "I tried not to take it to heart too much, because if you do that, then you start to second guess yourself and everything becomes too heavy and too important, and then you miss the point of making music entirely, so, I tried to just be really careful about the songs that I chose and make sure that they were songs that I could do convincingly and successfully, and picked the ones that hung together the best as a collection, as a record."

Allison is the younger sister of alternative Country singer Shelby Lynne. They grew up in Alabama, and were introduced to music at an early age. Their father was a bandleader and their mother taught harmony singing. Tragedy struck the family when Allison and Shelby were teenagers.

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艾莉森摩儿的最新专辑《Mockingbird》感谢了许多鼓励她成为歌手和作曲者的艺术家。标题曲是唯一一首艾莉森为这个精选集所作的歌曲。她和美国音乐人兼制片Buddy Miller录制了此唱片，艾莉森称是Buddy Miller帮她选了11首她能最好诠释的歌曲。当被问及在录制由像June Carter Cash, Joni Mitchell和Nina Simone这样传奇人物所写的歌曲的感受时。

艾莉森说"我试图不完全喜欢它，因为如果你那么做，你就开始怀疑自己，并觉得所有变得很沉重，很重要，那么你就完全忘记了制作音乐的要点，因此，我仅仅关注于我所选择的歌曲，并且确保那些歌曲是我可以唱的具有信服力且成功的，并从这些歌曲中选出最好的，这就成为了精选集，一个唱片。"

艾莉森是非主流乡村音乐歌手Shelby Lynne的妹妹。他们在阿拉巴马长大，并且在很小就开始接触音乐。他们的父亲是伴舞乐队的指挥，他们的母亲教授合唱。家庭的悲剧发生在Allison 和Shelby才十几岁的时候。

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