<< BACK TO PRESS
www.subba-cultcha.com DEC 07
****
Folk music continues its resurgence with the exceptional female vocalist and songwriter.
The First thing I should do is give a little bow, and then start jigging like a 18th century dandy before I start this review. Not something I would choose to do, but something demanded of me by the eclectic brilliance of this mad folk songstress – Samantha Marais.
The PEPPERMINT CONSPIRACY is a collection of Dylan infused folk songs that stick so rigidly to the early template of what a folk song was, it is a surprise that the songs do not bend and shatter when she does attempt something modern and new with the sound. Which is not to say this is a bad album, in fact it is a fair far away from BAD. This is a lovely, beautiful, extremely relaxing album, by a talented, brilliant new voice.
It’s just this new voice, in my opinion, should be doing new things with a tired genre, and not subjecting the talent she has to such outdated methods. The world is dying for people who wear their hearts so brazenly on their sleeves, to come out and wow us all. And this girl, with her voice, her emotion, could very clearly do that.
If you are a crusty old rigid straight edge, hardcore folky, then you will adore this girl and her album. If like me, you are bored by modern music, bored more still by old music, and are dying, crying, SCREAMING out for someone to come and just wake the whole world up with a song, or collection of songs that mean something and can change the place… well.. She could have been it. She may still be it. But for now, she is just a good distraction, with a huge potential. Keep her in mind, she may soon lead the revolution.
By: Andi J Chamberlain
|
|
|
