Published on August 6th, 2020 | by Darren Paltrowitz

Lauren Monroe & Def Leppard’s Rick Allen On The New “Big Love” EP, Project Resiliency & More

While the debut full-length album from Lauren Monroe was 2008’s The Freedom Sessions, Monroe has been singing professionally long before that. Part of 1999’s Chakra Chants Vol. 1, the double Visionary Award Winner for “Album Of The Year” and “Best Healing-Meditation Album,” Monroe has also been active within the international healing community, authoring 21 Ways To Resiliency and Back To Earth.

The latest release from Lauren Monroe is 2020’s Big Love EP. Densely-textured and imaginatively-layered, Monroe helmed the studio effort alongside legendary producer Jim Scott. Other participants within the Big Love sessions include drummer Steve Ferrone (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers), lead guitarist Waddy Wachtel (Keith Richards, Linda Ronstadt, Stevie Nicks), drummer Rick Allen (Def Leppard), bassist Bob Glaub (Jackson Browne, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt) and drummer Kenny Aronoff (John Cougar Mellencamp, John Fogerty). Beyond those impressive roster, a significant portion of the proceeds from Big Love will be donated back to Project Resiliency via Lauren Monroe and Rick Allen’s acclaimed charitable foundation the Raven Drum Foundation.

As embedded, I had the pleasure of interviewing both Lauren Monroe and Rick Allen about Big Love, successfully working together while being happily married, future plans beyond Big Love, Def Leppard and plenty more via Zoom on August 5, 2020. Additional info on Monroe can be found online by visiting www.laurenmonroe.com and/or www.facebook.com/LaurenMonroeMusic.

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Tags: Def Leppard, Jim Scott, Lauren Monroe, Project Resiliency, Raven Drum Foundation, Rick Allen, Steve Ferrone, Waddy Wachtel

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Darren Paltrowitz Darren Paltrowitz is a New York resident with over 20 years of entertainment industry experience. He began working around the music business as a teenager, interning for the manager of his then-favorite band Superdrag. Since then, he has worked with a wide array of artists including OK Go, They Might Be Giants, Mike Viola, Tracy Bonham, Loudness, Rachael Yamagata, and Amanda Palmer. Darren's writing has appeared in dozens of outlets including the New York Daily News, Inquisitr, The Daily Meal, The Hype Magazine, All Music Guide, Guitar World, TheStreet.com, Businessweek, Chicago Tribune, L.A. Times, and the Jewish Journal.Beyond being "Editor At Large" for The Hype Magazine, Darren is also the host of weekly "Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz" series, which airs on dozens on television and digital networks. He has also co-authored 2 published books, 2018's "Pocket Change: Your Happy Money" (Book Web Publishing) and 2019's "Good Advice From Professional Wrestling" (6623 Press), and co-hosts the world's only known podcast about David Lee Roth, "The DLR Cast."