Album Name: Inland Sea Artist: Rin Year/Label: 2006 / Domo Records [Buy at Amazon] Review by Anna Maria Stjärnell Three women make up Rin; Mana, Tomoca and Chie, no surnames given. Their mix of Japanese and western sounds and ideas…
Category: Album Reviews
Albums that Collected Sounds Reviews.
Album Review: Bittersweet by Brooke Pevear with Elaine Verstraete
Album Name: Bittersweet Artist: Brooke Pevear with Elaine Verstraete Year/Label: 2006 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds This is what I used to think of when I heard the term folk. Female voices singing both in…
Album Review: Up & Away by Gregory Douglass
Album Name: Up & Away Artist: Gregory Douglass Year/Label: 2006 / Independent [Buy the CD] Review by Amy Elle Producer of Collected Sounds Well, if you know me at all you know I adore Gregory. Both as a musician and…
Album Review: Something in the Still by Lara Yule Singh
Album Name: Something In the Still Artist: Lara Yule Singh Year/Label: 2006 / Independent This is one of those records that I really really like, it’s just really hard to write about. So I hate to only give her a…
Album Review: Not Easy to Forget by Anya Singleton
Album Name: Not Easy to Forget Artist: Anya Singleton Year/Label: 2006 / LABEL Anya Singleton’s sound is a little like Norah Jones. The voice not so much, but the general sound is highly reminiscent. Especially on “I’m Just Fine”. She…
Album Review: Livin’ by Therese Neaime
Album Name: Livin’ Artist: Therese Neaime Year/Label: 2006 / Future Records Therese Neaime is Swedish but she’s spent a lot of time in the US (so her songs are all in English). She was even a regular dancer on Soul…
Album Review: Don’t Take it Personally by Nicola
Album Name: Don’t Take it Personally Artist: Nicola Year/Label: 2006 / Hot Cherry Records This is sure different from anything I’ve received recently. Most of the stuff I’ve gotten is mellow, folky stuff. This is outright rock. Not hard, exactly,…
Album Review: Up Close and Personal by Vicki Genfan
Album Name: Up Close and Personal Artist: Vicki Genfan Year/Label: 2006 / Independent . Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds I reviewed Vicki’s previous release, Live back in 2004. I remembered liking it and being very impressed with…
Album Review: Almost Completely Happy by Jerin Falkner
Album Name: Almost Completely Happy Artist: Jerin Falkner Year/Label: 2006 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds I really like this record. I liked it right from the start, and yet with each listen I like it…
Album Review: Songs Your Mother Never Sang You by Needle
Album Name: Songs Your Mother Never Sang You Artist: Needle Year/Label: 2006 / Independent Review by Amy Lotsberg Producer of Collected Sounds Wow, I don’t know if this record could be any mellower. It’s so quiet it’s almost not there.…