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Melissa Gibson
Welcome To Stay
Java Joe's Records,2003
Producer: Vaughn Lofstead
Style: Singer songwriter rock (female)
Format: Album
Reviewed by: Pär

Here is a nice CD if you adore the female singer songwriter tradition that started out in the late 60's and developed in the 70's with artists like Joni Mitchell and Carole King. The sound is very much the traditional way of being with a folk-touch, and Melissa's voice is solid and driven. Fifth out
"Table For Two" is a very beautiful tune with a lot of Mary Chapin Carpenter-vibes and "Smoke And Mirrors" with a touch of Nashville is a very good tune that could have been on Lucinda Williams latest album. Take a listen yourself at www.cdbaby.com where you also can purchase a copy, and I recommend you to check her out if you like the names you just read about. Melissa's latest CD will not change the world but is sure an hour of nice "singer songwriter folk-pop". Well I have to tell you about the very nice track "Shade". It's a ballad that could have been on any Linda Ronstadt
album from the late 70's. A VERY beautiful tune.