Various Artists [Over The Rainbow 'The Songbird Collection']
And another double compilation album, this one's dedicated to female Artists, basically getting out of the poppy / dancy end of the genre, and into the more jazzy / folky end of the spectrum, there's a great mix here, shame they didn't round things out to forty tracks, there's some stuff here i've never heard before, as this is the first outing of these discs.
This compilation came out in 2005, i really like the front cover picture, an almost silhouette by the sea, sun on the horizon, and a rainbow in the sky, lovely glowing warm tones on deep blue sky / sea.
On this listen i liked tracks 1, 6 & 18 the most, here's a synopsis of each,
1 Eva Cassidy Over The Rainbow - Ok, whatever you feel about this song, however kitsch you might feel the original is, or maybe that the song is now overexposed, i was touched by this today, it's a land of make belief, of dreams and desires 'the dreams that you dare to dream, really do come true', there's a truth there that rings so true, Cassidy slowly builds it up to a real vocal blast.
6 Texas Say What You Want - A real lovely beat to this song, there's a complexity to it which makes it work, just a good Rock song really, the lyrics aren't particularly deep, just a soppy love song really, but i really liked it today.
18 Roisin O'Reilly Down By The Sally Gardens - Sounds like the theme music for the movie Titanic, very atmospheric, with an angelic Enya like voice, the story is touching, one of regret of a romance that never was, really touched me today.
This compilation came out in 2005, i really like the front cover picture, an almost silhouette by the sea, sun on the horizon, and a rainbow in the sky, lovely glowing warm tones on deep blue sky / sea.
On this listen i liked tracks 1, 6 & 18 the most, here's a synopsis of each,
1 Eva Cassidy Over The Rainbow - Ok, whatever you feel about this song, however kitsch you might feel the original is, or maybe that the song is now overexposed, i was touched by this today, it's a land of make belief, of dreams and desires 'the dreams that you dare to dream, really do come true', there's a truth there that rings so true, Cassidy slowly builds it up to a real vocal blast.
6 Texas Say What You Want - A real lovely beat to this song, there's a complexity to it which makes it work, just a good Rock song really, the lyrics aren't particularly deep, just a soppy love song really, but i really liked it today.
18 Roisin O'Reilly Down By The Sally Gardens - Sounds like the theme music for the movie Titanic, very atmospheric, with an angelic Enya like voice, the story is touching, one of regret of a romance that never was, really touched me today.
