Judith Owen, the Welsh singer-songwriter who continues to garner praise from discerning critics, begins an exclusive, two-week engagement at The Metropolitan Room, 34 West 22nd Street, for two weeks beginning March 25.
Owen, who previewed her current show over two nights at the venue last September, performs seven shows from Wednesday March 25 to Saturday April 4, all at 9:45pm.
Owen and her trio perform songs from her new album "Mopping Up Karma," released worldwide in January by her label, Courgette Records, as well as highlights from her other recordings. The seeds of the album are a set of recordings that were going to be her major-label debut ten years ago. She made them with star producer Glen Ballard (Anniel Lennox, No Doubt, Dave Matthews), whose discovery of Owen performing in the Hollywood club Luna Park led to her signing by the Capitol boutique Java Records. Owen began writing and recording with Clifton Magness (Avril Lavigne) and Ballard. When the company's presidency changed hands, Owen was nearly left to languish. She decided to go it alone, record new albums and release them independently. Now a decade later she has returned to the "Mopping Up Karma" tracks and transformed them - with newly recorded vocals, remixed tracks and more - to create a new album.Videos