Musical Experiment: Alice Smith
Posted by Elegant Symphony | Posted in Music | Posted on 4:38 PM
As we usher in the month of March, so to do we a new artist (details). Today's featured artist is Alice Smith, hailing from New York. No, she's actually not international but she does have a unique style that deviates from popular music in America. I first heard her song "Woodstock" on Pandora Radio for my BlackBerry Tour in September 2009, but only recently decided to look her up.
Alice Smith's Album entitled For Lovers, Dreamers & Me is different to say the least. As I was listening to it, I got the impression that it lacked fluidity. The tracks just do not mesh well. Her vocals are great and the musical arrangement is done well but it sounded like it was a hodgepodge of Jazz, Rock and Country, which in turn lead me to believe that it lacked direction. After gathering further information on her, it appears that this is what she had in mind as she relates to all afore mentioned genres (I even found an article that confirmed what I was thinking, although it listed more genres than I did).
While I think this album will take some getting used to for me, their are some tracks that did appeal to me from the first rundown. Said tracks include "Woodstock", "Fake is the New Real" and "Dream". Overall I believe this to be a "when in the mood" album rather than regular listening.
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