About Cho Dependent by Margaret Cho:
Critically acclaimed comedian Margaret Cho is set to release an album of comedy songs on her own Clownery
Records this August. I want to create a new genre of music that is hilarious but also seriously good, so I turned to
some of my music heroes to help me out, says Margaret in reference to her forthcoming album Cho Dependent. I
have wanted to make an album like this forever. I love comedy music!
The lyrics on Cho Dependent, which tackle issues of sex, drugs, rock & roll (and lice), may be laugh-inducing, but
Cho has made no compromises when it comes to the quality of the songwriting and production. A"er My Puss,
a hilarious rap parody Cho recorded impromptu-style with friends, became a surprise YouTube hit, Cho began to
integrate more comedy music into her live stand-up shows. With Cho Dependent, her first comedy music album, Cho
got a chance to hone her cra" with some of the top names in the business.
Over the years of being an intense music geek I got to meet a lot of my heroes and I tricked them all into writing
songs with me, explains Cho. Most comics want to be rock stars, and most rock stars want to be comics, so it was an
easy exchange.
There are so many amazing people I got to work with on this album, Cho continues, Jon Brion, Fiona Apple,
Tegan and Sara, Andrew Bird, Ani DiFranco, Garrison Starr, Meghan Toohey, Brendan Benson,
Rachael Yamagata, Carl Newman, Grant Lee Phillips, Patty Griffin, Ben Lee, Kevin Barnes $ I still have to
pinch myself! 
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