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The Wise Voice of Tara La’Dell

Ed Morris, Senior Editor and Writer for CMT.com

Tara La’Dell’s voice is as elemental as the wind—and just as likely to sweep your heart in unexpected directions. In its rise and fall you hear murmurs of passion, wisps of urgent conversations, sighs of remembrance and regret. Hers is a subtle music that ensnares listeners with caresses rather than clubbing them into submission with vocal bombast. Her sound flows effortlessly from jazz to pop to country without ever straying from its firm emotional center.

           Fans who discovered La’Dell through her 2007 debut album, New Way Out, will rejoice in both the artistic consistency of her new recordings and her growth as a songwriter.   The exquisitely sculpted “Only You Holding Me” is an expression of love at its fullest flowering and is no doubt destined to become a wedding favorite. “There’s a peace you bring to me/when no one else knows who or what to be,” La’Dell croons with quiet rapture. It is perfection preserved in crystal.

           
           While “Only You Holding Me” is about savoring a love that’s mature, “When I Found You” rings with the thrill (and relief) of discovering love. Here La’Dell’s voice escalates from contentment to genuine excitement. “This feeling I’ve got for you inside/It’s what’s keeping me alive,” she confesses, with just a tinge of fear that this state of bliss could all come tumbling down.

         
          “Nobody’s Fool” is as bluesy and forlorn as a bartender announcing last call. Here a frustrated La’Dell upbraids her man for his emotional detachment: “Why can’t you see just what you need?” she sings wistfully. “Instead you’re so cool—being nobody’s fool.” Who hasn’t been there?


            La’Dell is the soul and image of country music in “Porch Swing,” a tale of two lovers who play out their lives around this one symbolic piece of furniture “I wanted to write this after seeing a story on the news during the flooding of Cedar Rapids, Iowa,” she explains. “A man was interviewed about the condition of his home after the flood, and he said he was on his way to replace his porch swing.  He said it was where his wife and he sat every night until she passed away with cancer.  I thought it was a great concept for a song.”   It is, and La’Dell re-tells the story with such intimacy and affection you feel like you’ve been an eyewitness to the couple’s love.
          
               “Your Kind Of Wrong Is My Right” conveys the fiery intensity of love that will not—and must not—be denied whatever the consequences.  It is an exquisite moment magnified by risk. La’Dell admits us to the euphoria of new love in “You Make Me Believe,” a song that is sparks with the electricity of being close. 
           
              Huck Finn fled to the Mississippi River to escape both an abusive father and stifling insularity. You hear that same mixture of desperation and eagerness to move on in “The River Runs,” in which the nightingale-voiced La’Dell pours out her heart about a relationship that has congealed around her.

           
              The most durable cliche on Nashville's Music Row is "It all begins with a song."  That's probably true from a purely business point of view. But if the "it" refers to that peculiar magic that sets music apart from all other arts, then "it" really begins with understanding the emotional possibilities of a song--maybe even better than the writer--and then having the skill to convey them without any loss of feeling.  These are Tara La'Dell's gifts.  And they're vividly on display here. 
1. Your Kind of Wrong Is My Right

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Your Kind Of Wrong Is My Right



  1. YOU SEEM TO KNOW WHAT’S ON MY MIND, AND HOW TO GET THERE
    AND I’M FEELING LIKE I NEVER CARED, UNTIL YOU GOT HERE
    EVEN IF IT’S A LIE SAY IT’S ALRIGHT
    CAUSE YOUR KINDA WRONG IS MY RIGHT

YOUR KINDA WRONG IS MY RIGHT
AND, IT MIGHT TAKE US ALL DAMN NIGHT
BUT I’M WILLING
I’M WILLING
I’M WILLING, TO FACE THE FIGHT
OH, BABY
YEAH, BABY



  1. THERE’S ALWAYS TIMES WHEN IT GETS ROUGH, GOD KNOWS WE BEEN THERE
    YOU SAID YOU THINK THE ROAD MIGHT BE TOO TOUGH
    BUT, BABY I’M NOT SCARED
    EVEN IF IT’S A LIE SAY IT’S ALRIGHT
    CAUSE YOUR KINDA WRONG IS MY RIGHT

YOUR KINDA WRONG IS MY RIGHT
AND, IT MIGHT TAKE US ALL DAMN NIGHT
BUT, I’M WILLING
I’M WILLING
I’M WILLING
YOU SEE I KNOW WHEN YOU’RE AFRAID AND, NO MATTER WHAT I’M GONNA STAY
CAUSE I’M WILLING
I’M WILLING
I’M WILLING

 

BRIDGE:
I DON’T CARE HOW LONG THIS MIGHT TAKE US
FOR YOU AND YOUR LOVE I CAN WAIT

YOUR KINDA WRONG IS MY RIGHT
AND, IT MIGHT TAKE US ALL DAMN NIGHT
BUT I’M WILLING
I’M WILLING
I’M WILLING
YOU SEE I KNOW WHEN YOU’RE AFRAID AND, NO MATTER WHAT I’M GONNA STAY
CAUSE I’M WILLING
I’M WILLING
I’M WILLING, TO FACE THE FIGHT

OH, BABY
YEAH, BABY

 

Lead Vocal: Tara La'Dell

Harmony vocal: Tara La'Dell

Harmony vocal: Perry Coleman

Recorded and mastered @ Willisoundz by John D. Willis

All music and lyrics by Tara Ladell and Reed Pittman
copyright CastleLion Entertainment 11/2010

2. You Make Me Believe

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YOU MAKE ME BELIEVE

 

 WHEN YOU BRUSH BY ME, I FEEL MY TEMPERATURE RISE
WHEN YOU LOOK AT ME, I LOSE TRACK OF EVERYTHING
YOUR SMILE, YOUR VOICE, IT’S LIKE A DRUG MAKING ME HIGH

 

JUST THE THOUGHT OF YOU
JUST THE TOUCH OF YOU
JUST THE SIGHT OF YOU WALKING UP TO ME
TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT
TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED
CAUSE WHAT YOU DO TO ME
YOU MAKE ME BELIEVE…..YOU MAKE ME BELIEVE

 

STANDING IN A FIRE, BURNING OUT OF CONTROL
YOU PULL ME IN CLOSER, BABY DON’T YOU LET ME GO
YOUR KISS, YOUR LIPS, THEY’RE LIKE A DRUG MAKING ME HIGH

 

JUST THE THOUGHT OF YOU
JUST THE TOUCH OF YOU
JUST THE SIGHT OF YOU WALKING UP TO ME
TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT
TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED
CAUSE WHAT YOU DO TO ME
YOU MAKE ME BELIEVE….OH YEAH, YOU MAKE ME BELIEVE

 

I DON’T WANNA STOP
TAKE ME TO THE TOP OF THE WORLD WITH YOU

 

JUST THE THOUGHT OF YOU
JUST THE TOUCH OF YOU
JUST THE SIGHT OF YOU
JUST THE THOUGHT OF YOU
JUST THE TOUCH OF YOU
JUST THE SIGHT OF YOU WALKING UP TO ME
TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT
TELL ME WHAT YOU NEED
CAUSE WHAT YOU DO TO ME
YOU MAKE ME BELIEVE….YOU MAKE ME BELIEVE

 

BABY, YOU MAKE ME BELIEVE IN YOU

 

Lead vocal: Tara La'Dell

Harmony vocal: Perry Coleman

Recorded and mastered @ Willisoundz by John D Willis

 

All music and lyrics by Tara Ladell
copyright CastleLion Entertainment  11/2010

 
3. Porch Swing

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PORCH SWING

 

TWO YOUNG KIDS IN LOVE AND SO CAREFREE

FLIPPED A COIN AND CHOSE STATE ROAD 30

UP PAST PRAIRIE CREEK, WE BOUGHT OUR FIRST NEW HOUSE

STARTED A FAMILY

 

MR. REED FROM TOWN GAVE US A PORCH SWING

AND AFTER WORK WE’D SPEND A LOT OF EVENING’S

LONG TALKS AND LATE NIGHTS, ROCKIN’ BABIES HAVING FIGHTS

IN THAT OLD PORCH SWING

 

OH, HOW THE YEARS FLEW BY

KIDS AND JOBS, JUST LIVIN’ LIFE

IF ONLY I COULD HIT REWIND

I’D WORRY LESS AND SPEND MORE TIME

WRAPPED UP IN YOUR ARMS EVERY NIGHT

IN OUR OLD PORCH SWING

 

FORTY YEARS FADE INTO MEMORY

AS THE DOCOR TOLD FRANK TO CALL THE FAMILY

JUST A FEW MONTHS TO GIVE, WE’D MAKE THE MOST OF IT

BEFORE I HAD TO LEAVE

 

I BEGAN TO THINK ABOUT THE YEARS GONE BY

MEMORIES CAME ALL AT ONCE AND LIKE A CHILD

I LAUGHED AND I CRIED, AS WE HELD EACH OTHER TIGHT

IN OUR OLD PORCH SWING

 

OH, HOW THE YEARS FLEW BY

KIDS AND JOBS, JUST LIVING LIFE

IF ONLY I COULD HIT REWIND

I’D WORRY LESS AND SPEND MORE TIME

WRAPPED UP IN YOUR ARMS EVERY NIGHT

IN OUR OLD PORCH SWING

 

I STILL REMEMBER TWO YOUNG KIDS SO WILD IN LOVE

WE COULDN’T WAIT TO HIT THE ROAD AND LIVE OUR DREAM

 

OH, HOW THE YEARS FLEW BY

KIDS AND JOBS, JUST LIVIN’ LIFE

IF ONLY I COULD HIT REWIND

I’D WORRY LESS AND SPEND MORE TIME

WRAPPED UP IN YOUR ARMS EVERY NIGHT

YEAH, I’D BE RIGHT THERE IN YOUR ARMS EVERY NIGHT….

IN OUR OLD PORCH SWING

 

Lead vocal: Tara La'Dell

Harmony vocal: Doug Wayne

Recorded and mastered @ Master Mind studio by Doug Wayne

All Music and lyrics by Tara Ladell and Reed Pittman
Copyright CastleLion Entertainment  7/2009

4. When I Found You

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When I Found You

 

I don’t know why you love me so
Feel like I’m looking into your soul
Pretty soon now you’ll find me out
And, I pray to God You’ll keep me around

 

Cause I can be such a fool
And, I don’t wanna lose
this feeling I got for you inside
it’s what’s keeping me alive
And without you, life would be so cruel
But, I found love when I found you

 

I’m used to throwing my chances away
Never knowing if they’d leave or stay
Always forgetting my past mistakes
Just another wreck left in my wake

 

Cause I can be such a fool
And, I don’t wanna lose
this feeling I got for you inside
it’s what’s keeping me alive
And without you, life would be so cruel
Cause I found love when I found you

 

No more running, no more crying, I’m right here where I’m gonna stay

 

Cause I, I won’t be such a fool
And I, I don’t wanna lose
this feeling I got for you inside
it’s what’s keeping me alive
And without you, life would be so cruel
Cause I found love when I found you

 

Lead vocal: Tara La'Dell

Harmony vocal: Doug Wayne

Recorded and mastered @ Master Mind studio by Doug Wayne

All music and lyrics by Tara Ladell and Reed Pittman
Copyright CastleLion Entertainment  7/2010

5. The River Runs

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THE RIVER RUNS


I watch as the rain comes pouring down

Wanna follow that river out of this town

This place is a dead end road

One that we both know, I can no longer go down

Go down….

 

And the river runs carries all my dreams

The mystery of things I’ve never seen

And the river stays forever in my sight

Tempting me to get away

Oh, I’ll escape tonight

 

Salvage all the good we had before I go

All the promises we made they weren’t just for show

It’s not about right or wrong

It’s about moving on

To the one thing that I’ve always known

 

That the river runs carries all my dreams

The mystery of things I’ve never seen

And the river stays forever in my sight

Tempting me to get away

I’ll escape tonight

 

When You’re lonely

When you want to be free

Of all the things your dragging around

Just let them go, cause you and I both know

The river is a never ending road

Never ending road….

 

And the river runs carries all my dreams

The mystery of things I’ve never seen

And the river stays forever in my sight

Tempting me to get away

Oh, I’ll escape tonight

 

Lead vocal: Tara La'Dell

Harmony vocal: Tara La'Dell

Recorded and mastered @ Willisoundz by John D. Willis

 

All music and lyrics by Tara Ladell and Reed Pittman
Copyright CastleLion Entertainment  11/2010
6. Only You Holding Me

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ONLY YOU HOLDING ME


THERE’S A PEACE YOU BRING ME TO ME

WHEN NO ONE ELSE KNOWS WHO OR WHAT TO BE

IT SEEMS YOU KNOW HOW TO BE JUST WHAT I NEED

SO FOREVER, I WANT YOU HOLDING ME

 

TO MY HEART YOU ARE THE KEY

THAT FREES MY SOUL TO LOVE SO HONESTLY

YOU FOUND A HOME IN ME THE SHELTER YOU NEED

SO FOREVER, I WANT YOU HOLDING ME

 

FOR SO LONG I SEARCHED FOR YOUR LOVE

NEVER KNEW IF I’D FEEL YOUR TOUCH

SHARE OUR HOPES OUR FEARS LAUGHTER AND TEARS

YOU’RE THE ONE I WANT WITH ME

THROUGH ALL MY YEARS

 

THERE’S A PEACE YOU BRING TO ME

WHEN NO ONE ELSE KNOWS WHO OR WHAT TO BE

IT SEEMS YOU KNOW HOW TO BE JUST WHAT I NEED

SO FOREVER, I WANT YOU HOLDING ME

 

Lead vocal: Tara La'Dell

Recorded and mastered @ Master Mind studio by Doug Wayne

 

All music and lyrics by Tara Ladell and Reed Pittman
Copyright CastleLion Entertainment  7/2009

 

7. Nobody's Fool

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NOBODY’S FOOL


BABE, WHEN I SEE YOU I GET A FEVER DEEP INSIDE MY BONES.

YOU’VE GOT ME BAITED, HOW LONG I’VE WAITED TO BE IN YOUR ARMS.

WHY DON’T YOU WANT WHAT I GIVE?

JUST WANNA HOLD YOU HERE

WHY DON’T HEAR ME?

OH, CAN’T YOU FEEL ME?


NOBODY’S FOOL

YOU’RE NOBODY’S FOOL

JUST KEEP ON DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANNA DO

WHY CAN’T YOU SEE JUST WHAT YOU NEED

INSTEAD YOU’RE SO COOL

BEING NOBODY’S FOOL

 

 

SHOULDA KNOWN BETTER I’VE SEEN YOUR LETTERS.

THE HEARTS YOU’VE TURNED TO STONE.

YOU’RE HARDLY A HERO, YOU SHOULDA LET ME GO

CAUSE YOU KNEW ALL ALONG.

PLAYING LOVES GAME WITH A KISS

AND HOW YOU PLAY IT NOBODY WINS

YOU KEEP ON RUNNING, I’M NOT GONNA DO IT

 

 

NOBODY’S FOOL

YOU’RE NOBODY’S FOOL

JUST KEEP ON DOING EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANNA DO

WHY CAN’T YOU SEE JUST WHAT YOU WHAT YOU NEED

INSTEAD YOU’RE SO COOL

BEING NOBODY’S FOOL (repeat)

 

Lead vocal: Tara La'Dell

Recorded and mastered @ Master Mind studio by Doug Wayne

 

All music and lyrics by Tara Ladell and Reed Pittman
Copyright CastleLion Entertainment  7/2009