Hey, Everybody! I’ve been so busy lately with the album release—which is still ongoing—it will be great to get back toLa Carafe tonight (Tuesday, May 17) from 9-11 andDean’s Downtown this Sunday evening from 8-9 with Greg Henkel on his incredible vio-fiddle. In the meantime, I'm passing along a couple more reviews that I really like a lot. Y’all come!
Recent Reviews
GLENNA BELL/Tonight's The Night
Writer: Glenna Bell; Producer: Mark Abernathy; Publisher: Glenna Bell, ASCAP; GB (track)
Texas favorite Bell has a throaty, distinctive vocal style. Her records always perk up my ears. This outing is about young lovers graduating from high school. She recalls their courtship and vows to go all the way on their big night. I hung on every word. Her new collection is aptly titled Lone Star Songs and Stories Straight From the Heart of Texas.
Robert K. Oermann
Music Row
Nashville, TN
GLENNA BELL
Lone Star-Songs & Stories Straight from the Heart of Texas:
It's a Texas thing, it's got to be. Recognized by the state as one of the state's musical treasures, Bell has songs that sound like they would inspire more suicides than early Leonard Cohen but she's actually smack dab in the heart of the Townes Van Zandt Texas troubadour tradition. Except for "Marie" or "Sanitarium Blues" she pretty much out Van Zandt's Van Zandt himself. Songs like this don't always inspire you to gargle with razor blades and it's sometimes nice to know you can get close to the edge as just another observer. Wild, deep stuff firmly in the literary tradition with no dust on it, here's a shining reason of why they love her so much on her natural stomping grounds. Check it out if you dare.
Chris Spector
Midwest Record
Chicago, IL