Album Name: Minstrel Song Artist: Grace Griffith Year/Label: 2000 / Blix Street Records [Buy at Amazon] Review by Digman Elegance in the beauty of movement or expression and in verb form: To make more attractive by adding ornament, color, etc…This…
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Albums that Collected Sounds Reviews.
Album Review: Quiet B Sides by Awry
Album Name: Quiet B Sides Artist: Awry Year/Label: 2001 / Independent Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Awry is fronted by Shara Worden. Their sound on this CD is stripped down but hardly lacking in anything. Instead there’s more space for…
Album Review: Diabolene by Kathy Haggerty
Album Name: Diabolene Artist: Kathy Haggerty Year/Label: 2002 / Independent Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Kathy Haggerty’s music is sensitive yet fierce. The first song on her cd “Diabolene” is a good example, mixing restrained piano with a tale of…
Album Review: Come Into My Parlor by Janet Klein
Album Name: Come Into My Parlor Artist: Janet Klein Year/Label: 1998 / Coeur de Jeanette Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Janet Klein’s first CD is a charming collection of melodies from the first part of the last century. She plays…
Album Review: Coast to Coast by Various Artists
Album Name: Coast to Coast Artist: Various Artists Year/Label: 2002 / Jar Music [Buy at Amazon] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell This is an excellent compilation of tracks by female solo artists and female fronted groups. It has a healthy…
Album Review: Oh We by Mary Sarah
Album Name: Oh We Artist: Mary Sarah Year/Label: 2002 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Take one part Loreena McKennitt, one part Delirium and one part Dead Can Dance and you’ll have Mary Sarah. This group…
Album Review: No Really I’m Fine by Carrie Weiland
Album Name: No Really I’m Fine Artist: Carrie Weiland Year/Label: 2002 / Independent [Buy at Order from Harmony Ridge] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds You want funky? I got funky for ya! The first track on this…
Album Review: Ways to Move You by Madame V
Album Name: Ways to Move You Artist: Madame V Year/Label: 2002 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds My first impression before even listening was…Cyndi Lauper what with the purple-pink shiny lipstick, lots of eye make up…
Album Review: Untitled for Now by Audra Kubat
Album Name: Untitled for Now Artist: Audra Kubat Year/Label: 2002 / Remedy Records Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Audra Kubat has a gift for writing songs that transport you (or me anyway). These songs take me back…
Album Review: EP by Dresden Dolls
Album Name: EP Artist: Dresden Dolls Year/Label: 2002 / Independent Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Dresden Dolls is Amanda Palmer and Brian Viglione. Opener “Half Jack” quivers with restrained fury. The fury explodes on “Girl Anachronism”. Palmer hammers at her…