2008-10-27
"That is a peculiar way to play a cello", I thought when I checked out Lindsay Mac's You Tube performance clip on her Myspace account. Classically trained Mac straps her cello to her body like she's playing a guitar when she performs. Lindsay Mac's press release describes her as being in the neighborhood of Bob Dylan and Portishead...strange pairing, right? I'm not down with that comparison, but her singing and writing style is similar to DiFranco's for sure. I initially didn't think a cd of cello based songs would be intriguing, but Mac makes it work. "Stop Thinking", Lindsay Mac's second folky/acoustic release will fit nicely in our library with the Feist and Regina Spektor's of the WYCE world. – Sherry CDAR WILLIAMS
Promised Land
Holly Williams
The Ones We Never Knew
KASEY CHAMBERS & SHANE NICHOLSON
Rattlin' Bones
Iron & Wine
Our Endless Numbered Days
Various Artists
Standing Together
Urban Acoustic Coalition
The Habit
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