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Posted by Kevan Breitinger Jun 30, 2006 |
Heather's road to this point was not the usual trek, but involved numerous detours and side alleys. She uses these life experiences to offer up an album rich with knowing, making many of the songs ring with truth, vulnerability and brave exposure. Case in point is "Holding": "I've learned in life to bite my tongue, hold the ghost that I've become." No holding back from this generous Heather Powers. Another is the revealing "Big Green Chair," the marvelous horn arrangement underscoring the loss of youth. Marvin McFadden's horn arrangements serve powerfully throughout the project, enriching, accentuating, and lifting always.
The talented hand of producer Patrick Tetreault is beautifully obvious, as in Powers' cover of the Five O'Clock People's "Lightning Rod." Shades of Joni Mitchell's "Hissing of Summer Lawns." Very nicely done.
Powers manages to inject a warm elegance into her ten compositions. Her voice is sweet, her lyrics revealing and the combination draws you in, moves you. Closer "Lullaby," written for her newborn daughter ends the project with another dash of sweetness, highlighting the very qualities of Heather Powers that appeal throughout.