The woman with the most distinctive voice in music is back with a dynamic new effort that spotlights her classic pipes in a variety of soulful and stylistic settings. On March 27th Macy Gray will release her long awaited new…
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Album Review: Permanent Transient by Iris Leu
Album Name: Permanent Transient Artist: Iris Leu Year/Label: 2007 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Iris Leu also has a lovely voice. It reminds me of Tara MacLean at times. This is some really beautiful piano…
Album Review: Barbara Meyer by Barbara Meyer
Album Name: Barbara Meyer Artist: Barbara Meyer Year/Label: 2007 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds I’m going to try not to be too biased here. But I’ll admit Barbara has been a friend of mine for…
Album Review: The Silent Awakening by Tina Malia
Album Name: The Silent Awakening Artist: Tina Malia Year/Label: 2007 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds I first reviewed Tina Malia’s music in 2002 when I received “Shores of Avalon” and I was pretty much floored.…
American Doll Posse
Tori’s new studio album, American Doll Posse, will be released on May 1, 2007. The American Doll Posse line up consists of (see photo at the top, from left to right): Santa, Clyde, Isabel, Tori, & Pip A Message From…
Album Review: Party Dress by Lynn Marie and the Boxhounds
Album Name: Party Dress Artist: Lynn Marie and the Boxhounds Year/Label: 2007 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Ok first of all…POLKA! I didn’t know anyone under the age of 80 was doing polka anymore. Maybe…
Album Review: Summer Bloody Time by Kat Vipers
Album Name: Summer Bloody Time Artist: Kat Vipers Year/Label: 2007 / Pyre Records [Buy at Amazon] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Kat Vipers ep packs a mean punch into its seventeen minutes. The singer/pianist infuses her songs with the demented…
Album Review: The Kitten Next Door by A Brokheart Pro
Album Name: The Kitten Next Door Artist: A Brokheart Pro Year/Label: 2007 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds I was interested to read Jeannette Kantzalis’ bio, which seems to dwell on the fact that with all…
Album Review: Reflections by Jakki Jelene
Album Name: Reflections Artist: Jakki Jelene Year/Label: 2007 / Independent [Buy at Amazon] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Jakki Jelene is another artist I “met” on MySpace. I listened to a couple of her tracks and really…
Album Review: I Undid Orion’s Belt by Michaela Foster Marsh
Sorry the photo is icky, it’s the only one I could find on the whole internets – aal Album Name: I Undid Orion’s Belt Artist: Michaela Foster Marsh Year/Label: 2007 / boardwalk records [Buy at Amazon] Review by Anna Maria…