Reviewed by Eric Saeger
Nice Americana collection from the Utah-by-way-of-California transplant. In the main her voice is a Jewel clone, but this album’s no mawkish mess, particularly when her small battalion of plugged guitarists takes over and threaten to go completely Allman Brothers on the stuff (Staying Behind, I’m Ready). Calling Your Name is a countrified flirtation with Sheryl Crow’s Strong Enough, while Shades of Song goes even deeper into the desert night in a Patsy Cline-ish duet with one of her backgrounders. As you see, the primary tone of the palette is country, but on the other hand, melancholy slowbie One Mistake floats into Weepies territory, leaving this as well-rounded a folk-chill album as one could possibly want.
Grade: A
