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Latin Roots Rocker and Troubadour Patricia Vonne releases “Firebird”
Austin TX, - Patricia Vonne’s remarkable third release “Firebird” is the payoff for
seven years of hard work and cements the bilingual songstress’s ability to deliver a
perfect balance of Tex-Mex and roots-rock with strength, purpose and femininity.
Vonne’s excellent songwriting has a flare for romance, drama and fantasy, even
while chronicling the ups and downs of everyday life.
“Firebird” opens with the haunting “Missing Women” a tribute to the hundreds
of women murdered in Juarez, Mexico. Vonne made several trips to Juarez doing
research for the song and shooting a video. She had the opportunity to meet
many of the mothers of the victims’ and has become very close to the project and
in hopes of bringing more awareness to the campaign she has donated the song
as a free download on the Amnesty International’s website: www.amnestyusa.org.
The CD features a Spanish version of the same song, “Mujeres Desaparecidas” as
a bonus track.
Vonne’s husband and long time musical partner, Robert LaRoche, co-wrote five
of the ten tunes and his stellar guitar work is the perfect accompaniment for
Vonne’s sultry vocals. They duet on the beautiful “Battle Scars”. On “Firebird”
Vonne works with an all star cast of musicians including Rick Del Castillo, Michael
Hardwick, Steven Medina Hufsteter, Tito Larriva, David Perales, Michael Ramos, Joe
Reyes, Scott Garber, Dony Wynn, Elizabeth Rodriguez, and Carl Thiel.
Every song on “Firebird” carries a great personal story from Vonne. She co-wrote
with her childhood musical hero, Johnny Reno on “Hot Rod Heart,” and was
so inspired by visiting the home of late Spanish poet, Federico Garcia Lorca in
Granada, Spain that she wrote “La Huerta de San Vincente” about the experience.
“Dutch Cigarette” chronicles the non-stop travel from 13 European tours that has
elevated Vonne to playing huge festivals overseas, while the sweet “Karolina” is a
tribute to the children in hospitals in NYC that Vonne would visit and sing to while
a “musician on call”.
“Firebird” is a follow up to 2004’s “Guitars and Castanets” and Vonne’s self titled
debut in 2002 and is a her best work yet and a fine addition to her ever growing
musical legacy.
“A Tex-Mex spitfire with a rock ‘n’ roll heart that’s a Lone Star original”
Austin American Statesman
“Imagine a young Chrissie Hynde fronting the Mavericks with a little
help from Calexico” WORD
“The very fine Vonne purveys a powerful, Texas styled rootsy rock ‘n’
roll” Time Out London
“superior roots rock from an excellent singer-songwriter” Uncut
“a bilingual tour-de-force” Austin Chronicle
“a beguiling storyteller” Harp