Lotte Kestner is the solo project of Anna-Lynne Williams of Trespassers William.
China Mountain (named after a mountain range in southern Oregon) was recorded over a year in her basement bedroom, and mixed in a Seattle studio with Trespassers bandmate Matt Brown. Most of the songs are built around acoustic guitar and several tracks of voice, and a bit of harmonica, keys, drums, ukulele, and harp. She was assisted on a few songs by friends - including Jeff Martin of Idaho on two of the album's tracks.
Her most recent collaboration is with Robert Gomez and is called Ormonde. Recorded in Marfa, TX in 2009, hopefully the album will be available soon...
"It’s like the Little Match Girl instead sold all of her matches and bought a guitar."
- {Sic} Magazine
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