Album Name: Trophy Wife Artist: Lady Bret Year/Label: 2008 / Madam One Review by Anna Maria Stjärnel Bret Crain, known as Lady Bret, appears to be quite a character. She’s done some albums before that have been highly praised. Trophy…
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Albums that Collected Sounds Reviews.
Album Review: A Long Lovely List of Repairs by Amelia
Album Name: A Long Lovely List of Repairs Artist: Amelia Year/Label: 2008 / Adrenaline Records [Buy at Amazon] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds This band has gotten a boat ton of reviews online for this record, but…
Album Review: Full Measure by Silveroot
Album Name: Full Measure Artist: Silveroot Year/Label: 2005 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Silveroot’s music is Bluegrass and heavy on the fiddle as one might imagine. The first song is instrumental and a nice way…
Album Review: Songs From Shows by Jenny Magnus
Album Name: Songs From Shows (Dimwit Mandatory Observations of An Orchestrated Catastrophe) Artist: Jenny Magnus Year/Label: 2008 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds I kind of knew this record would be a little, shall we say,…
Album Review: Joanna Erdos and the Midnight Show
Album Name: Joanna Erdos and the Midnight Show Artist: Joanna Erdos and the Midnight Show Year/Label: 2005 / Independent Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Joanna Erdos and her band play a gorgeous hue of piano-dominated music with a slight theatrical…
Album Review: La La grande Finale by Miou Miou
Album Name: La La grande Finale Artist: Miou Miou Year/Label: 2008 / Piper Records/ Minty Fresh [Buy at Amazon] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Miou Miou is a Czech band tackling a tradition of pop by singing in French. Their…
Album Review: West 28th Street by Brigid Kaelin
Album Name: West 28th Street Artist: Brigid Kaelin Year/Label: 2008 / Independent Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Brigid Kaelin plays the accordion and the musical saw on her new album. It says something about her unique approach to music. Her…
Album Review: What a Woman Shouldn’t Do by Julie McKee
Album Name: What a Woman Shouldn’t Do Artist: Julie McKee Year/Label: 2008 / Shrewd Records Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Julie McKee’s likeable, jazzy debut shows the singer having serious vocal chops and a flair for writing original songs. The…
Album Review: Awakening by Sarah Mac Band
Album Name: Awakening Artist: Sarah Mac Band Year/Label: 2008 / Pixel Records [Buy digitally at Amazon] [Buy at Sarah Mac Band site] Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds The Sarah Mac band is made up of three women…
Album Review: Moods by Michaela Rabitsch & Robert Pawlik Quartet
Album Name: Moods Artist: Michaela Rabitsch & Robert Pawlik Quartet Year/Label: 2008 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Sometimes I think people send me jazz music just to watch me write squirm-ily about it. But then…