Summary: <p style="line-height: 18.0pt;margin:0in 0in 12.0pt 0in;">Elizabeth Ziman is a classically-trained pianist, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who leads the long-running indie band Elizabeth And The Catapult. Her new album is sincerely, e – a wry, poignant, affecting response to the pandemic, mostly centered around her home’s piano (which happens to belong to Rob Moose, violinist, arranger, and a member of yMusic.)</p> <p style="line-height: 18.0pt;text-align: start;margin:0in 0in 12.0pt 0in;">For the podcast, Ziman talks about seeking more human connection, and the double-edged sword of being able to interact with fans or her mom more than ever - yet all of that interaction is through screens held in her hands, and leaves a feeling of emptiness. She walks us through the process of digitally cloning herself as a multi-instrumentalist for another tune, and the need to make the record sound “as human as possible” with a feel “of her home”, as well as collaborating from afar with longtime Elizabeth And The Catapult producer Dan Molad.</p> <p>With a raw, rough-around-the-edges feel to certain songs which may bring to mind Fiona Apple’s recent Fetch the Bolt Cutters, and with a Parisian café intimacy in others (melodica plus clarinet and it’s really not a stretch), Elizabeth Ziman showcases her “effective and affecting songwriting” (John Schaefer) and plays some of her new songs remotely. – Caryn Havlik</p> <p>Set list: “Together, Alone”; “Pop the Placebo”; “The Birds and the Bees”; “The Muse”</p> <p>Watch "Together, Alone":</p> <p>Watch "Pop the Placebo”:</p> <p>Watch “The Birds and the Bees”:</p>
