Every time the singer-songwriter Aimee Mann tackles a new project, she seems to raise the bar for herself. Her music for the film Magnolia was so striking for the filmmaker, that the music actually became the movie.
Aimee’s split with her record label got her a lot of publicity but ultimately a lot of control over what and when and how she writes. Recently, you’re likely to find the musician sparing in a boxing ring, where fighting is a sport, and a well hidden hook can come from what’s known in the ring as “The Forgotten Arm.” That’s also the title of her new concept album.
The album is a collection of songs that linked together tell the story of a girl who meets a boxer at a country fair. Aimee Mann, pins back the wild hair of her Till Tuesday years to talk about the art of songwriting.
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Aimee Mann, singer-songwriter, her new album is “The Forgotten Arm.”