kerri simpson |
DISCS
The Arousing |
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The
Arousing, Part 1 Ah Jole 51 Years All Night Forever I Wonder Red Badge of Courage |
Un Soir Au Cafe Du Chat Noir Think About It Number 49 Billy Free AT Last Painting Blue Soldiers |
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12 songs on The Arousing represent the compelling
realisation of possibilities only hinted at on past releases. There
is deep abiding passion here, in the desolate desert sorrow of 51
Years, for instance, and the perfectly articulated grunt,
as in the barn-storming Billy. Simpson weeps,
Simpson aches, Simpson snarls in the bitter pain of loss. Simpson
doesn't mess with your head, she messes with your soul and never lets
you go. When Simpson, caught up in the emotion of one of her songs, lets loose, you never forget the experience. Her voice soars and cries, seemingly too strong an instrument to come from her frame. Like all truly memorable vocalists, she seems to pull her energy from the earth beneath her. |
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