High Tide

The third record from this Minneapolis Indie Artist features 13 genre crossing original songs with her melodic piano backed by acoustic and electric guitars, pedal steel, violins, multiple brass and woodwinds all supported by a dynamic rhythm section.

For her third full length record, Lizzy Rain returned to friend, co-producer and owner of

The third record from this Minneapolis Indie Artist features 13 genre crossing original songs with her melodic piano backed by acoustic and electric guitars, pedal steel, violins, multiple brass and woodwinds all supported by a dynamic rhythm section.

For her third full length record, Lizzy Rain returned to friend, co-producer and owner of Winterland Studios in Minneapolis, Todd Fitzgerald. She also enlisted most of the musician friends who contributed to her second release "Gypsy Heart" - Laurie Melting Stegner on violin, Kenny Wilson on acoustic, electric, nylon guitars and pedal steel, Gus Sandberg on woodwinds, Nick Salisbury on bass and Tim Zhorne on drums and percussion. Two new friends were added - St. Paul singer/songwriter/visual artist Patti Ryan on supporting vocals and Greg Lewis on multiple brass, including the haunting french horn on the title track "High Tide." The experiences of caring for two ailing parents and their deaths several months apart in 2014, and the grief and writer's block that followed are represented here, but in a reflective rather than depressing way, with perseverance triumphing over despair. Although Lizzy Rain has not lost her rock/pop roots, which is obvious on the sunny lead track "Any Fine Sunday" this album shows her stretching her songwriting skills to include genres from the Great American Songbook - the latin influenced "Blue Cuban Skies," the jazz influenced "Blueberry Ice Cream," the dirty New Orleans influenced "Panama Jack," and the quirky Folk influenced "Upside Down," written about the final stages of her Mom's Cancer and Dad's Alzheimer's disease. Her love of writing ballads shines here on "High Tide," "Hush," "Into The Light" and "The Phoenix," all written for her mother, and "Rug" and "Lullaby For Lucy" both backed by achingly beautiful pedal steel and violin. No Lizzy Rain album would be complete without a social commentary or two set to music, and she does this with "In The Valley," a period piece set in the 1800s about a young boy and his beloved dog following his brothers off to war, and the closing track "Affliction" with its powerful message about a country desperate for leadership in an increasingly disposable and electronic world. This is a unique, honest and compelling record, written by a woman who understands the courage and vulnerability of the human condition and isn't afraid to share her experiences. By doing so, she invites listeners to open their hearts and be comforted by the fact that somebody out there understands.