Lead Dixie Chick Natalie Maines will release her debut solo studio album May 7. The album, called Mother, features a mixture of some choice cover songs and original numbers with support from Ben Harper, who served as producer on the album.
The covers include an excellent version of Pink Floyd’s “Mother” as well as Jeff Buckley’s “Lover You Should’ve Come Over.” Also appearing on the album is Maines’ take on Eddie Vedder’s “Without You,” off Vedder’s Ukulele Songs album. Maines and Vedder are good friends who previously collaborated on the charity single “Garden State,” which you can hear above.
Maines’ non-ukulele version of Vedder’s song gives the tune a refreshing, uptempo feel. You can hear a sample of song in the trailer for the album below. It comes in around the 1:40 mark.
Natalie Maines announces new album Mother from Columbia Records on Vimeo.
