Category: Album Reviews

Album Name: The Harratt Sessions Artist: Darkblueworld Year/Label: 2004 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Lead singer, Skye Marsden has a smooth, sweet almost girly voice but it is also sultry. It sounds great for this…

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Album Name: Purple Sunrise Artist: Kerry Year/Label: 2003 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds This is the debut CD from New Jersey’s Kerry Fernandez. Through she plays many instruments, she considers herself primarily a bass player.…

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Album Name: Auto-Pilot Artist: Arrica Rose Year/Label: 2004 / pOprOck records Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Arrica Rose’s husky voice immediately comes in focus on the opening song “Words Away”. It’s a deliciously sweet gem in the vein of Cowboy…

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Album Name: Me Beautiful Artist: Andi Starr Year/Label: 2004 / Independent Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell This is an achingly fragile and yes, beautiful record from Andi Starr. The title track sees her singing compelling but her words are of…

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Album Name: All Dressed Up Artist: Rita Lynch Year/Label: 2001 / Sugarshack Records Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Rita Lynch has been around and her tough, Patti Smith-esque vocals are a delight to hear. The punky sound…

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Album Name: From the Dark Artist: Jennifer Parsignault Year/Label: 2003 / Independent Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell After an acoustic ep we now have a fresh album from Jennifer Parsignault. Her trademark lush sound and ethereal vocals are retained. “Orbit…

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Album Name: Peakahokahoo Artist: Piney Gir Year/Label: 2004 / Truck Records [Buy at Oxford Music ] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Piney Gir hails from Kansas City, but she sounds like she’s out of this world. Her solo debut is…

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Album Name: Francesca Lee Artist: Francesca Lee Year/Label: 2004 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds The CD begins with a song called “Tricks” in which the first phrase sounds like a line from an Ani DiFranco…

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Album Name: Close to Home Artist: Dahlia Wakefield Year/Label: 2004 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds How refreshing to hear a CD where the first song is a nice sweet happy love song. Now I have…

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Album Name: If I Could Live in a Picture Artist: Renee Mixon Year/Label: 2004 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Renee Mixon is southern and there is a lot of note made on her website regarding…

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