Where Do I Come From

Product Description Where Do I Come From is a collection of songs by Maggie Roche (1951-2017) that spans forty years, providing a glimpse into one of our most original American songwriters. Maggie was at the center of the long-running and much-admired music group The Roches, created with her sisters Terre and Suzzy. Maggie composed her songs for three voices to sing, fashioning the signature sound of The Roches. Where Do I Come From is a 32 track 2CD set of Maggie's songs, spanning her entire music career from her 1979 duo album with her sister Terre, through the Roches 2007 reunion record. The collection, which has been compiled in close collaboration with Suzzy, also features 4 previously unreleased recordings: 'Stayin' Home,' an early song provides a snapshot of a young feisty Maggie as she ventures out into the world. 'Down The Dream,' a live studio track, was recorded after word that Columbia Records had doubts about the progress Maggie and Terre were making in their recording sessions. Another version of the song wound up on Seductive Reasoning, but this demo is classic, unedited Maggie Roche. 'Where Do I Come From,' the title track, was found among Maggie's things after her death and is most likely the last song she wrote. The newly recorded Christmas song, 'Christmas Love,' was not written in time to make it onto We Three Kings, the Roches beloved Christmas recording. Her family, in loving memory, sings 'Christmas Love' for this collection. Critics and fans alike are applauding the release of the posthumous album, Where Do I Come From, Selected Songs by Maggie Roche (1951-2017), out now. The collection offers a immersive and poignant look at one of our most original American songwriters. Review I honestly can t think of a more important songwriter and more important group to me..she was the most wry, the most deeply observational, the most, at once, sort of down home and philosophical songwriter that I know of. I just long for people to hear her music so much, so I m so excited that this collection exists for the world to discover. --Ann Powers, NPR Music Her songs were acoustic but not folk music, deeply personal but not introverted, amusing but deeply barbed and too subtle for mass popularity, even as they deeply reached many listeners. Stayin Home juggles pop ambition against its obstacles. --Jon Pareles, The New York Times Gives you an id