Yet another great value CD with skilled
singing and more-than-competent instrumentalists. So why am I complaining?
Simply because it is a reviewer's nightmare trying to think of something
appropriate and original to say, that's why. This is Ms White's fifth CD (two
of which were reviewed by our editor in 2016 and 2019) and hopefully not her last.
The album was created against the background of loneliness, isolation and general disruption of daily life caused by Covid, in order to gain some help by making and sharing music.
The songs chosen reflect the wide range
of emotions experienced by our singer during the pandemic.So we have a pleasing
alto voice on If You Never Fall In Love With Me, fast and
lively, with tricky out-of-rhythm piano; lyrics of cheerful irony on Ever
Since the World Ended, 'It's just as well the world ended, it wasn't
working anyway'; Alone Together, a meaningful love song; short
lines and stop/start rhythm on Take Love Easy. Yet in some
ways I liked the last track best; Shattered, just 2.35 minutes
long, a short and effective evocation of a love affair that has ended, illustrated
by a 'shattering' sound from the cymbals.
Ms White is an actor who has performed
in musical theatre on and off Broadway. Music has always been part of her life
and she performs regularly in Los Angeles clubs and in New York City. The trio
are all well established musicians. Johnson has performed with the likes of Rod
Stewart and Diana Ross. Henry has worked with many well known musical artists
and is a composer and producer, and Brinker is an experienced musician who was
Grammy-nominated as co-arranger for Best Arangement Accompanying a Vocalist.
Ann Alex
The CD will be available everywhere from March 26. Link.
If You Never Fall In Love With Me; Just the Two Of Us; Ever Since the World Ended: Alone Together: Remembering the Rain; Some of That Sunshine; Take Love Easy; Shattered
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