Album Name: Real Artist: Nicola Year/Label: 2002 / Independent Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Nicola is certainly real, she has a fabulous voice and a minimal, but rockin’ sound. This debut can barely contain the fire that emanates from Nicola…
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Album Review: Beautiful Collision by Bic Runga
Album Name: Beautiful Collision Artist: Bic Runga Year/Label: 2002 / Sony [Buy at Amazon] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds For those of you who fell in love with Bic’s first CD, “Drive” in 1998 and have been…
Concert: Ani DiFranco (solo acoustic) in Minneapolis
Artist: Ani DiFranco (solo acoustic) Date: November 15, 2002 Venue: Northrop Auditorium City: Minneapolis, MN Review by [Amy Lotsberg] Producer of Collected Sounds This is probably the 6th time I’ve seen Ani in concert and she never disappoints. So I…
Album Review: A Whole New Woman by Sherry K
Album Name: A Whole New Woman Artist: Sherry K Year/Label: 2001 / Kirby Lu Productions Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Well, I’ve never reviewed an instrumental CD but there’s got to be a first time for everything…
Album Review: Let it Rain by Tracy Chapman
Album Name: Let it Rain Artist: Tracy Chapman Year/Label: 2002 / Elektra/Asylum [Buy at Amazon] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds I was a big fan of Tracy Chapman when I was in college and “Fast Car” came…
Album Review: Everything in Suite ‘D’ by Celeste
Album Name: Everything in Suite ‘D’ Artist: Celeste Year/Label: 2002 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Celeste Donahue has a style that you feel you’ve heard before, yet can’t think who it sounds like. Her voice…
Spotlight on: Jodi Shaw
Jodi Shaw Born in Newfoundland Canada, Jodi began her writing career as a poet. After a short stint as a student in a creative writing program, she left academia for the world of music. Her debut album The Myth of…
Spotlight on: Molly Zenobia
Molly Zenobia (note: this bio was written by Molly when the spotlight first went live in 2002) Both my parents started taking piano lessons the summer before I was born. I don’t really know what the significance of this is…
Album Review: Count to Three by Ellen Rosner
Album Name: Count to Three Artist: Ellen Rosner Year/Label: 2002 / No Genre Records Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds This is Ellen Rosner’s second CD, the first being “The Perfect Malcontent” which was released in 1999. Though…
Album Review: Staros by Nina Hynes
Album Name: Staros Artist: Nina Hynes Year/Label: 2002 / Reverb Records Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Nina Hynes’ debut EP “Creation” promised much and now the full-length album is finally here. The Irish singer does not disappoint. She still makes…