Rose Polenzani - Anybody
An enchanting singer-songwriter whose music is both haunting and intriguing.
She took their cue and left college to immerse herself in the Chicago open-mic music scene.
At age 20, she was working as a bookstore clerk and attending 3 open mics a week. Her voice cracked like an egg in an incubator, even though (or maybe because) there was virtually no one there to notice.
She stayed loyal to the open mic experience for two years before embarking on her first tour, which took her to the Northeast in the winter of 1997.
Within 7 months, she would be invited to play the Newport Folk Festival, winning a slot in the 1998 summer touring Lilith Fair, opening for Shawn Colvin, and receiving a surprise phone call from the Indigo Girls' Amy Ray, who wanted to know if there was anything she could do the help Rose, who's 1997 demo tape had captivated her.
"No one can touch her," Amy would later say, "Rose exists on a level all her own...botanical love songs...dark histories...as holy as a mystic, as profane as your perverted fantasies."
"Anybody" is a collection of her earlier home & studio recordings, compiled by Amy Ray and Rose.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/polenzani
Leah Zicari
Pretty On Thursday
Poignant and intense songwriting, sweet and pure vocals, virtuosic acoustic guitar work and some of the finest musicians in the US and Canada, wrapped up in a beautifully produced CD. This stunning new CD redefines Leah's sound and style
About "Pretty On Thursday":
Leah's second CD, "Pretty on Thursday", takes the listener on a musical journey of style and substance. From heart-wrenching ballads to groove-oriented rock/pop, Leah's acoustic-based songs are hooky and memorable without ever getting tired. You'll want to keep listening. Within two weeks of its release, one song from the CD, "Thursday In December", had placed second in a songwriting contest and received extensive internet radio play.
"Pretty On Thursday" goes to a new level of sound and production and features some of the finest musicians the USA and Canada has to offer. The production quality is as good as what you'd hear on mainstream airwaves. Each song is carefully crafted and will appeal to listeners who remember when the lyric was the thing, when songs had meaning, and to those who miss substance in contemporary music. This recording won't insult your intelligence.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/leahzicari2
Natalia Zukerman
Mortal Child
guitar-driven melodies and lilting voice. songs that get under your skin and into your toes
"Smart, roomy....Natalia Zukerman's wise-beyond-her-years debut is simply in no hurry to win you over by force. Instead, Zukerman allows listeners to come to her at their own pace with her roomy arrangements, prose-style phrasing, and the come-hither sultriness of her slinky, earthy vocals. It's a record that seems to want play hard-to-get- and you know that drives you crazy. From the moody trip-hop of "If You're Going to Try," to the two-step, Nashville detour of "Dancing Shoes," Zukerman flirts with different genres throughout Mortal Child. Zukerman brims with confidence. And you know that drives you crazy, too." -Performing Songwriter (May/June 2002)
"Dido, Sophie B. Hawkins, and Natalia Imbruglia...take cover. Fans of mellow guitar riffs and delicate voices...take heed. Think summer evenings with a glass of wine, think perusing the Sunday Times on a lazy afternoon, think a long, quiet drive out to the Hamptons, think Natalia Zukerman."-www.femalemusician.com/zuckerman_review.htm
"I am listening to Natalia's CD right now...and it kicks ass. The thing that Natalia and Shawn Colvin have in common, besides the artistic use of the guitar, is that she is a pleasure to listen to. By singing in a way that shows that she takes life's challenges in stride, she doesn't mope and complain like some artists can tend to do. It shows her inner strength. Fantastic!"-
Brad Koester, President of cdstreet.com
http://cdbaby.com/cd/zukerman
http://cdbaby.com/cd/zukerman2
Deb Talan
A Bird Flies Out
Catchy Folk Pop in the vein of Shawn Colvin, Jonatha Brooke, and Suzanne Vega. AMAZING songs and GREAT vocals.
While Deb Talan isn't the only woman taking the stage these days with her acoustic guitar in hand, she is one singer/songwriter that will linger in your memory, thanks to her distinctive voice and evocative, well-crafted songs. Deb's musical influences include Joni Mitchell, Shawn Colvin, Jonatha Brooke, and Suzanne Vega. Her own music might be classified as intelligent folk-pop.
Part I: classical geek girl
Classically trained in clarinet and piano, Deb began writing music when she was only ten years old. By the time she graduated from high school, she had written numerous pop songs and composed a score for a local production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Her senior year in college, Deb picked up a guitar and has been toting it around ever since.
Part II: the band years
Deb's next significant musical endeavor consisted of writing for and fronting an upbeat, pop band in Portland, Oregon. The band, "Hummingfish," played in the Northwest for five years to ever-increasing audiences. They put out two albums, "Hover" and "Love Tractor." During this time, Deb-while still enjoying her key role in Hummingfish-began preparing for a solo career and even put out her debut solo recording, "Songs for a Misfit Heart."
http://cdbaby.com/cd/debtalan3
Amanda Garrigues
Groundswell
Unique blend of street poetry, urban folk and soul. The Sundays meet Gillian Welch.
Amanda Garrigues' sophmore effort is a much-anticipated release throughout the Southeast.
"Groundswell", released on Average Sinner Records, exposes a new brand of songwriting--one that is stronger, riskier and more focused. Garrigues teams up again with heavy hitters of My Friend Steve Fame: David McMahon, Eric Steinberg and newbie Eric Gardner.
In this sophmore release you'll find this self-proclaimed "word-girl" mixing her college influences (Sundays, Cocteau Twins) with traditional hymns she heard as child. Songs like "By My Scars" and "Blackfisted" and "I Cannot Be Brave" will move you without being overly sentimental.
Overall, you'll find that the music on "Groundswell" gives you tension with the right amount of release. This album is excellent - more because of what it avoids than what it does.
http://cdbaby.com/cd/garrigues2
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