Paula Cole Says Amen to God
So where did Paula Cole's God fixation
come from on her latest album, Amen? The
singer-songwriter and Lilith Fair vet says it's the
product of study and investigation, which came
after spending much of her life "as a cynical atheist."
"When I was a child, I instinctively believed in
God, but I grew up with parents that didn't
believe, and we didn't go to church at all, and that
was fine," says Cole, who came to a spiritual
re-awakening after studying yoga and Buddhism
and reading up on other religions and belief
systems. "Eventually my heart just kind of took
over and felt it. I started feeling things that were
not explainable to me, or to anyone. And I
realized it was God."
Though she felt that her belief was "too new" to
share on 1997's double-platinum This Fire, God
is all over Amen. That's netted the album some
fairly rancorous reviews, which she actually
expected while she was writing the songs; one,
"Rhythm of Life" even begins with the line "To the
critics and the cynics who don't understand the
lyrics 蔠"
"I knew the critics would lash out at me on this
album," says the 30-year-old winner of the
Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1998. "I
knew it ahead of time; I even talk about it in the
lyrics. And they are. And I'm not as strong as I
was hoping I would be, but I'm getting there."
Cole 霠who these days is dating world musician
Hassan Hakmoun 霠doesn't stand alone in the
battle, however. Amen is credited to the Paula
Cole Band, a nod to longtime cohorts Jay
Bellerose on drums and Kevin Berry on guitar.
With Doug Wimbush on bass and Rakiya Diggs
on keyboards, violin, and vocals, they plan to
play mostly promotional and radio shows for the
balance of the year, with a European tour slated
for the beginning of 2000 and North American
shows to follow in the spring. Cole is also playing
at the Allen Ginsburg Memorial Concert on
Sunday [Oct. 17] in Ann Arbor, Mich. 霠Gary
Graff
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gender is just an excuse, relationship shouldn't just be an excuse,
love is often an excuse, although sometimes these excuses are all
we have to hold onto,
death is the reason and living is the celebration
- Beth Orton
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