Album Name: Making Friends with Gravity Artist: Dreambeach Year/Label: 2001 / Independent Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell This is dreamy record that evokes images of calm and undisturbed nature. Pipa Pinon and her musical partner Daniel Vee Lewis make beautiful…
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Album Review: Grand and Ashland by Jenny Choi and the Third Shift
Album Name: Grand and Ashland Artist: Jenny Choi and the Third Shift Year/Label: 2001 / na Records Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Jenny Choi’s second album is a very nice record. She has a fine voice and uses it well.…
Album Review: Rose Polenzani by Rose Polenzani
Album Name: Rose Polenzani Artist: Rose Polenzani Year/Label: 2001 / Independent Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Rose Polenzani is beginning to make a name for herself. This album is a good step on the way. Her songs are witty, deep…
Album Review: Both of Me by Lisa Koch
Album Name: Both of Me Artist: Lisa Koch Year/Label: 2001 / Tongueinchic Records Review by Dakota Lisa Koch is one of Seattle’s favorite performers. She’s well-known in the area for her sold-out holiday shows featuring Lisa Koch and Peggy Platt…
Album Review:With Leak, Blink and Breath by Annika Bentley
Album Name: Leak, Blink and Breath Artist: Annika Bentley Year/Label: 2001 / Billy Likes Records [Buy at Billy Likes Records] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell The talented young singer Annika Bentley has made a hauntingly beautiful new album. She rarely…
Spotlight on: Tina Malia
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Spotlight on: Regina Spektor
Regina Spektor Born in Moscow, CCCP, (in the Year of the Monkey; so I’m guessing 1980).Regina came to the Bronx when she was 9 years old. She started studying classical piano at the age of six, and loved her teacher,…
Spotlight on: Imogen Heap
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Spotlight on: Tracy Chapman
Tracy Chapman Tracy Chapman was born March 20, 1964, in Cleveland, Ohio. In her childhood, Tracy learned to play the ukulele, the piano, and eventually the guitar and started writing her own songs. She attended a private school in Connecticut…