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Artist News
Karen Elson nervous to work with Jack White
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 30 April 2010
Karen Elson has said that she found working with Jack White on her debut album, ‘The Ghost Who Walks’, a daunting prospect, despite the fact that the couple are married. Previously a member of cabaret troupe The Citizens Band, Elson began seriously working on solo material after moving to Nashville, where she now lives with White and their two children.
She told BBC 6music: “Jack is who Jack is, and I was very nervous to even play him my songs at first. Jack would overhear me over the course of a year and wouldn’t tell me. Eventually he said ‘play me the songs, we’re going into the studio tomorrow’. He’s brilliant in the studio and he challenged me. He handed me a guitar, stood me in front of a mic with a bunch of brilliant musicians who I’d known. Jack records all to tape, he doesn’t use any sort of gimmickry, so a lot of the takes on the record are live takes. Jack forced me to do it, but it was the best medicine”.
‘The Ghost Who Walks’ is released on 25 May via White’s Third Man Records label.
