Album Notes

Nominated for Best Female Singer-Songwriter Album of 2002 in the Just Plain Folks Independent Music Awards, Atoosa's songs explore love and hope, devastation and desire, in her unflinchingly honest search for truth. Her intensely personal lyrics, captivating vocals, and magnetic stage presence have been transcending musical boundaries while garnering audience attention and critical acclaim.

Compelled by her passion for music, Atoosa went on to gig widely in New York City at venues such as The Living Room, Makor, and The Knitting Factory, and to release Out of the Jar, produced by Emily Lazar, and her self-produced second album, Sound Travels Up, which she describes as “my hopeful twist on twisted things.” Both received rave reviews. CDBaby Magazine wrote of Out of the Jar, “sparkling piano, shimmering strings, widely varied percussion, fragile-yet-confident vocals, and heavenly guitar combine and shine in this well-rounded and musically complex CD.” Of Sound Travels Up, MusicDish.com wrote, “Atoosa’s own blend of pop, folk and raw, un-genre’d ballad style is a persuasive argument against NO....This CD is very strong, and lets us witness the poet that has taken the time to craft such pretty flowers.”

Today, Atoosa is constantly exploring different forms, and she is inspired by literature and classical mythology, listening to music, painting, writing, reading Tarot Cards, going to museums, and birds and butterflies, citing her “obsession with things that fly,” a statement which is remarkably telling of her underlying intention to use her music and her life to uplift her audience.

Derek Sivers, President of CDBaby.com, lauds Atoosa as “creative and delicious,” and CollectedSounds.com wrote, “I can’t wait to hear what she does next!” Her next effort has arrived and lives up to the expectation and buzz. With its release, Atoosa excitedly looks forward to continued local gigs, touring and media appearances, and especially, “learning more about this world we inhabit,” and continuing to inspire audiences by “having the freedom to be who you really are.” Because to Atoosa, that is what her music is all about.