Odessa Vaughn · side one & two
Recorded live in one room in Kansas City. Organ, upright piano, bass, drums and a choir of six. Produced by the band.
Gospel bones, soul heart, Kansas City kitchen-table honesty. The new album is out now.
Out now
Tap a song to drop the needle.
Mama kept a light on
by the window in the back,
said the ones who wander
always find their way on back.
Pull a chair up, baby,
there’s still coffee in the pot,
bring whatever’s heavy —
we’ll be thankful for the lot.
On the road
The Sunday List
Electronic press kit
Odessa Vaughn is a Kansas City singer and songwriter who writes gospel-rooted soul for people who grew up in the church and the people who left it. Her debut album, Kitchen Table Hymns, was recorded live in one room with an organ, a choir of six and no second takes.
Odessa Vaughn learned harmony on a church piano bench in Kansas City and learned soul from her mother’s kitchen radio. Kitchen Table Hymns is ten years of Sunday mornings and Saturday nights in eight songs, cut live with no overdubs. She plays churches, listening rooms and festivals with a trio or the full band and choir.