Measure for Measure: NY Times Blogs

Please check out my columns in Measure for Measure, in the New York Times online.  I’m delighted to be part of a group of songwriters documenting the process.

Love from 

Mrs. L

May 24, 2008:  "The Ear Of The Beholder." Rosanne’s fourth "Measure for Measure" column, on the space where truth and fact diverge. "The exact words he said, who was right or wrong, whether he relapsed on the 7th or the 10th, why exactly she does what she does, the depth and weight and timbre of the feelings, whether Love Heals Everything — these aren’t facts, these are ever-changing blobs of emotional mercury…" With an excerpt from an unnamed new song, written and performed with Elvis Costello and Kris Kristofferson.         

April 29, 2008: "Don’t Fact-Check the Soul," Rosanne’s third column for "Measure for Measure" on NYTimes.com, concerns fact, fiction, poetic license, craftsmanship and inspiration in songwriting. With music clips: "Closer Than I Appear," from Rules of Travel, and "So It Goes," an unreleased track written and played with Joe Henry.

April 22, 2008: Rosanne’s second column for the NY Times has just been published. In "So It Goes: How It Went," she offers an intense close-up of her songwriting collaboration with songwriter/producer Joe Henry, including "the disclaimer" and "the takeback." A not-to-be-missed examination of the creative process.

April 6, 2008: Read Rosanne’s column for the NY Times, on the new songwriter’s blog "Measure For Measure." In "Actually, It Is Brain Surgery," Rosanne talks about missing friends, which comes first (words or music?), and why she’s excited about songwriting again. Don’t miss it!

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