Album Name: Luscinia’s Lullaby Artist: Laurel McDonald Year/Label: 2005 / Improbable Music Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Laurel McDonald’s third album is utterly gorgeous. She sings not with words but rather produces sounds as the music undulates behind her. The…
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Album Review: Carnarvon Street by Camille Miller
Album Name: Carnarvon Street Artist: Camille Miller Year/Label: 2005 / Independent Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Camille Miller’s music is poppy yet sophisticated. “Eva” sees the narrator longing to get close to Eva’s boyfriend to a deliciously catchy tune. “Get…
Album Review: Life in Color by D’Lovely
Album Name: Life in Color Artist: D’Lovely Year/Label: 2005 / Independent Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell D’Lovely is a duo consisting of Sirsa Shekim and Noah Clark. Their trip-hop is highly polished and appealing. “I Missed That train” is catchy…
Album Review: Octopus Head by Sotosoundz
Album Name: Octopus Head Artist: Sotosoundz Year/Label: 2005 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds When I put this in my CDDB it labeled it Heavy Metal. I thought, oh boy, this outta be good (I am…
Album Review: Love or Perish by Arthur Loves Plastic
Album Name: Love or Perish Artist: Arthur Loves Plastic Year/Label: 2005 / Machine Heart Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell The ever-prolific Bev Stanton delivers more of her project Arthur Loves Plastic. More downbeat than usual, this cd has plenty of…
Album Review: Chasing Eva by Maple Bee
Album Name: Chasing Eva Artist: Maple Bee Year/Label: 2005 / Independent [Buy at Amazon UK] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Melanie Garside has quite a past, as a solo performer and member of the band Tabitha Zu. These days she…
Album Review: From the Lion’s Mouth by Nedelle
Album Name: From the Lion’s Mouth Artist: Nedelle Year/Label: 2005 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Well, I loved Nedelle’s previous (and debut) release, “Republic of Two” so well it made my top of 2003 list.…
Album Review: Independent Woman by Sonya Lorelle
Album Name: Independent Woman Artist: Sonya Lorelle Year/Label: 2005 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Sonya Lorelle has a cool jazzy, bluesy voice and plays a spunky piano. Think Norah Jones with a jolt of caffeine…
Album Review: Shoes off and Run (SOAR) by Cheryl B. Engelhardt
Album Name: Shoes off and Run (SOAR) Artist: Cheryl B. Engelhardt Year/Label: 2005 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Cheryl B. Engelhardt has put out a really fun pop recording. There’s nothing terribly unpredictable about this…
Album Review: Restless Machinery by Dorothy Scott
Album Name: Restless Machinery Artist: Dorothy Scott Year/Label: 2005 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Dorothy Scott one of those voices that when you hear her, depending on if you’re familiar with her sound, you either…