by Gary Graff, Detroit |
December 02, 2008 12:39 EST
Rosie Thomas
Rosie Thomas is planning some Iron & Wine and soul for her next album. The Seattle indie rocker -- currently on the road promoting her holiday offering, "A Very Rosie Christmas" -- has enlisted pal Sam Beam to produce her follow-up to 2006's "These Friends of Mine."
"We've been talking about doing it for a year," Thomas tells Billboard.com. "I think it's going to be different because we write different kinds of things. I'm just going to come up with a bunch of songs, and when I like them I'm going to give them to him and he's going to start putting them together musically."
Thomas says that she intends "to move the rhythm up a bit ... go for a more soul-filled feeling" on the new songs, which she says comes at the behest of Beam. "He was really pushing me for years; 'I want you to write that Motown record you've always wanted to write,'" notes Thomas, who's a Detroit native. "I just start laughing, 'cause it's like, 'Sam, look at you. You have a beard. How can I go to you to write this kind of stuff?' But I know he has it in him. It'll be fun, regardless."
Thomas says she's written a few things already but plans to start working in earnest in the new year, when she goes to either New York, Los Angeles or Nashville to hunker down. "I tend to need to get away to write, get out of my comfort zone," she explains. "That's when I feel most creative."
Meanwhile, Thomas will be in the Christmas spirit for the next couple of weeks, with the tour wrapping Dec. 14 in Seattle. The shows feature music from the holiday album -- including a pair of originals and an opening set by Thomas' comic alter ego, Sheila Saputo.
"It's a lot of fun," reports Thomas, who got married shortly after finishing "A Very Rosie Christmas." "I've always loved to work on Christmas songs; growing up, every Christmas Eve we entertained the family that came over 'cause my parents were musicians. And I love Christmas records, so I thought 'Why have I not done one yet to share with people I love outside of my family?' I've had a blast doing this."
"We've been talking about doing it for a year," Thomas tells Billboard.com. "I think it's going to be different because we write different kinds of things. I'm just going to come up with a bunch of songs, and when I like them I'm going to give them to him and he's going to start putting them together musically."
Thomas says that she intends "to move the rhythm up a bit ... go for a more soul-filled feeling" on the new songs, which she says comes at the behest of Beam. "He was really pushing me for years; 'I want you to write that Motown record you've always wanted to write,'" notes Thomas, who's a Detroit native. "I just start laughing, 'cause it's like, 'Sam, look at you. You have a beard. How can I go to you to write this kind of stuff?' But I know he has it in him. It'll be fun, regardless."
Thomas says she's written a few things already but plans to start working in earnest in the new year, when she goes to either New York, Los Angeles or Nashville to hunker down. "I tend to need to get away to write, get out of my comfort zone," she explains. "That's when I feel most creative."
Meanwhile, Thomas will be in the Christmas spirit for the next couple of weeks, with the tour wrapping Dec. 14 in Seattle. The shows feature music from the holiday album -- including a pair of originals and an opening set by Thomas' comic alter ego, Sheila Saputo.
"It's a lot of fun," reports Thomas, who got married shortly after finishing "A Very Rosie Christmas." "I've always loved to work on Christmas songs; growing up, every Christmas Eve we entertained the family that came over 'cause my parents were musicians. And I love Christmas records, so I thought 'Why have I not done one yet to share with people I love outside of my family?' I've had a blast doing this."
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