Best of 2003

Album Name: Beth Waters Artist: Beth Waters Year/Label: 2003 / Mermaid Mafia Records Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds This is another one of those CDs that you pop into the stereo and know within moments that it’s one you will be listening to over and over again for a long time....
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Album Name: The Era of Jerra Artist: Jerra Year/Label: 2003 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds (Note: everything mentioned about this the artist’s site was indeed the case, on the date it was written, it very well could be that the site has been redesigned by the time you read...
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Album Name: The World is Bound By Secret Knots Artist: Noe Venable Year/Label: 2003 / Petridish Records Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds I am new to Noe’s music as of just a few months ago. I finally got around to getting a copy of “Boots” and when I...
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Album Name: Afterglow Artist: Sarah McLachlan Year/Label: 2003 / Nettwerk Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds So let’s get one thing straight, I am a Sarah McLachlan geek. Everyone I know makes fun of me because my CD case has two rows of Sarah discs. I have every commercial...
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Album Name: More Songs! Artist: Circe Link Year/Label: 2003 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds According to Circe’s website, her musical career came as sort of a surprise to her. A song created itself in her head one day and it took off from there. I for one am glad...
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Album Name: Horses and Burning Cars Artist: Kate Fenner Year/Label: 2003 / Cardboard Records Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds So, is Kate Fenner gorgeous or what? The front cover is blurry but the photo on the back, wow. Lucky for us, her voice and style is as captivating as her face....
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Album Name: Even Sleepers Artist: Leah Callahan Year/Label: 2003 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds This is one of those recordings I want to listen to over and over again before reviewing it. I read the notes that came with it and I liked it before even hearing it. But...
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Album Name: Leave Me Out of This Artist: Fiel Garvie Year/Label: 2003 / Words On Music Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds This is Fiel Garvie’s second release, their first being “!Vuka Vuka!” which was reviewed here by Anna Maria in July of 2001. They have a sound that is unique and...
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Album Name: Aguafuego Artist: Aguafuego Year/Label: 2003 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds I don’t know what I was expecting when I put this one in, but this wasn’t it. Aguafuego is headed by JBeatz (aka Julie B. Moreno) and accompanied by many talented musicians, too many to name here....
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Album Name: Swimmingly Artist: Marie Frank Year/Label: 2003 / Frankly Spinning Music Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Firstly, I must admit that this CD doesn’t really fit the requirements for review on this site. The reason being that the artist, Marie Frank, did not write these songs. These songs were written...
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