Barbara Manning “Charm of Yesterday…Convenience of Tomorrow” CD (2023)

Details: Barbara Manning “Charm of Yesterday…Convenience of Tomorrow” Digipak CD (2023, Ba Da Bing Records). New stock, sealed. Pre-order. Available December 8th, 2023. Description: “Her best work outshines those of her bigger-selling peers. Manning's artistic restlessness and her tendency to jump in and out of bands and recording situations makes it difficult to follow her career -- her discography must be one of the most confusing in all of the '90s indie scene -- but it also makes her one of the most vital and interesting singer/songwriters of her era." - Stewart Mason, All Music Guide Maybe everything has been going to such shit lately because Barbara Manning has been hibernating. A Matador Records mainstay and pivotal indie-rock pioneer of the nineties, Manning has continually written material that matches the quality of the many songs she covers. Both as a performer and a listener, Barbara Manning is a passionate lifer. While her music is compact and succinct, it is steeped in mu