Album Name: Reflecting Seyelence Artist: Lunascape Year/Label: 2002 / B Track [Buy at Proxis.com] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Belgian band Lunascape offer up an intriguing album. Their ethereal but poppy sound is centered round singer Kyoko Baetsoen’s fluid grace.…
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Album Review: See Red by Cindy Alexander
Album Name: See Red Artist: Cindy Alexander Year/Label: 2002 / JamCat Records Review by Digman In Today’s competitive market “See Red” is a Performance Data (Cindy Alexander) Investment CD. A Musical Certificate of Deposit, with an annual percentage yield of…
Album Review: Faces by Jen Porter
Album Name: Faces Artist: Jen Porter Year/Label: 1999 / Independent Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Jen plays the piano and Jeff Gordon plays all the other instruments on this recording. It’s short at only seven songs, and it’s raw, but…
Album Review: Be Not Nobody by Vanessa Carlton
Album Name: Be Not Nobody Artist: Vanessa Carlton Year/Label: 2002 / A&M Records [Buy at Amazon] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Before this CD came out I heard “A Thousand Miles” and I loved it. So I…
Album Review: Luxury of Sadness by Maggie Connell
Album Name: Luxury of Sadness Artist: Maggie Connell Year/Label: 2002 / Independent [Buy at Amazon] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Maggie Connell has a great, original lyrical style and a sound that is rich. Her first solo record after time…
Album Review: Chameleon by Colleen
Album Name: Chameleon Artist: Colleen Year/Label: 2001 / AG Music [Buy at Proxis.com] You’ll have to do a search, they use frames Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Dutch singer Colleen sounds uncannily like Tori Amos at times, but not overly…
Album Review:A Very Good Night by Maci Miller
Album Name: A Very Good Night Artist: Maci Miller Year/Label: 2001 / Dreamcastle records Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell You’ll feel transported to the 1940’s when you hear Maci Miller’s big band sound. She carries it off well with ten…
Album Review: Songs From the Gate of Tigers by Cloud Tiger
Album Name: Songs From the Gate of Tigers Artist: Cloud Tiger Year/Label: 1999/ Independent Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell An odd record this. I have no idea of Cloud Tiger’s real name, but she sure makes an impression. She uses…
Album Review: Undinal Songs by Daphne Lawless
Album Name: Undinal Songs Artist: Daphne Lawless Year/Label: 2002 / Random Static Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell You don’t hear too many songs sung in esperanto, but Daphne Lawless has two on her new cd. It’s a good indication of…
Album Review: Shadow by Erica Rose
Album Name: Shadow Artist: Erica Rose Year/Label: 2002 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds This CD arrived in my mailbox with a beautiful rose and bow wrapped around it. Very clever. The music is just as…