Karen Dalton: Last News

Julia Holter has announced details of her first album in over five years. Something in the Room She Moves will be released on March 22 via Domino and features the single "Spinning." You can see a video for that song below.

Angel Olsen announced her forthcoming LP Big Time last month with the release of smoky lead single "All The Good Times." Today, she returns with the album's title track, along with a video directed by Kimberly Stuckwisch (who directed the video for "All The Good Times") which features choreography from Monika Felice Smith. Check it out below.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and Media“Karen Dalton,” a play with music written by Evan Enderle, will receive an industry reading on Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 3:00 p.m. at The Flea’s Siggy Theater.

Grappling with questions about “folk authenticity” and the relationship between artistry and commercial success, Richard Peete and Robert Yapkowitz’s excellent new documentary, “Karen Dalton: In My Own Time,” excavates and reclaims Dalton’s narrative, shedding light on the ’60s folk singer life, and contextualizing her against the likes of Bob Dylan and Tim Hardin. Foregrounding her personal relationships— with band members and a string of boyfriends — “In My Own Time,” named after her second album, retraces Dalton’s life through a mix of archival footage, interviews, and diary entries read by singer/songwriter Angel Olson.

Courtney Barnett and Vagabon have teamed up for a new take on Sharon Van Etten's 2010 single "Don't Do It." The singers offer a rockier take on the original, their voices harmonizing over the track's electric backbone. The track is set to appear on Van Etten's upcoming project epic Ten, which will pair a reissue of her 2010 album Epic alongside covers of the album's tracks by various artists including Fiona Apple, Lucinda Williams, Big Red Machine, and more.

Vagabon and Barnett join forces for this heartbreakingly tender cover of Tim Hardin song “Reason To Believe.” Inspired more by the 1966 Karen Dalton version of the song, this 2021 update matches slide guitar with a world weary ache.

EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Karen Dalton: In My Own Time, the feature documentary from Richard Peete and Robert Yapkowitz about the folk singer Karen Dalton, whose sphere in the 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene included Bob Dylan. Wim Wenders is executive producer of the pic, which had its world premiere at DOC NYC.

EXCLUSIVE: Greenwich Entertainment has acquired North American rights to Karen Dalton: In My Own Time, the feature documentary from Richard Peete and Robert Yapkowitz about the folk singer Karen Dalton, whose 1960s sphere in the 1960s Greenwich Village folk scene included Bob Dylan. Wim Wenders is executive producer of the pic, which had its world premiere at DOC NYC.

Courtney Barnett for a Karen Dalton-inspired cover of Tim Hardin’s 1965 classic ‘Reason to Believe’.In a press statement, Vagabon – real name Laetitia Tamko – said she had recently discovered the Karen Dalton take on ‘Reason to Believe’, and after hearing it, she became “obsessed”.“The decision to have Courtney sing it with me came after we performed it together live at the Palace Theatre in Los Angeles on Valentine’s Day 2020, a month before lockdown,” Vagabon explained.“It was fresh in our brains then so not long after the show, CB [Barnett] came over and we recorded her parts. Oliver Hill plays slide guitar on it.”Barnett echoed Vagabon’s sentiments, adding, “I’m a huge fan of Vagabon and Karen Dalton so this was a dream.

Vagabon's Laetitia Tamko and Courtney Barnett shared their take on the oft-covered "Reason to Believe" on Thursday. Heavily inspired by folk singer Karen Dalton's version of the song, the track is the perfect blend of sparse, acoustic guitar and Vagabon and Barnett's soft harmonies.

When singer-guitarist Karen Dalton, whose ardent fans in the Greenwich Village folk scene included Bob Dylan, died in 1993 at 55, she had long been off the music-biz grid. And when, 20 years after her death, Robert Yapkowitz and Richard Peete embarked on a documentary project about her, their work was cut out for them: Dalton's career was brief, her official output limited to two studio albums, and, given that she was averse to the star-making machinery of promotion, recorded interviews were believed to be nonexistent.