Diane Birch [Bible Belt]
This is the third time that this album appears in my Blog [15th January 2010 & 9 June 2011], a great little 'Gospel' album shall we say, certainly her religious upbringing influenced her style, it's a swampy organ / piano bluesy album, her voice is wonderful with great range and impromptu ideas off the cuff, but best of all she's a Singer / Songwriter, creating her own mini masterpieces, it's a great little album, i delved into her when she was fairly unknown.
Diane Birch is 29, an American, surprisingly she only has one real album to her credit, even though i hear there's a second coming out soon, she recorded this album in 2009, the front cover is truly superb and inspired [photo by Melodie McDaniel], a close up head shot in black and white, those eyes are mesmerizing, and the highlights are superb, her fringe over her eyes almost, and in the background on the right you can see her trademark black hat, the lettering could have been better if it was larger, but it's a nigh perfect album cover.
Here's Diane Birch singing Ariel on YouTube.
