Carell Casey – A New Day Carell Casey was a new name to me, discovered through CD Baby. A wonderful site where you can pick up some really awesome albums by artists on independent labels. Artists who are just emerging onto the music scene or are just too good to break through into the mainstream market. A New Day is an emotional journey guided by rich yet strangely simple and evocative lyrics, a youthful innocence and warmth that reminds the listener of a blistering hot summer’s day out in baked fields. This is a nicely flowing album packed full of little gems. A rollercoaster ride through the emotions. This album defies labelling as it touches on so many different types of music. This is an album for people who want to go on a cathartic journey. The album kicks off its journey in classy style with the title track – A New Day. I am struck instantly with the similarities between the vocals of Carell Casey and Lucinda Williams. Carell’s vocals are strong and bold but

I spent a few months immersed in Rumi's poetry once. The long-dead Persian mystic blends humor, spicy love imagery, and an all-consuming zest for life. His almost danceable prose reminds the reader what a blast the mystery of life is. The first time I heard Carell play (a sleepy Virginia-commune night), I felt the same firey poetry warming my soul. A Rumi of our time, she has a lot to say -- the listening is at least half the fun. The vocals are absolutely stunning. The experience behind these song-poems flows out of Carell's voice unabridged. Each drop of passion, courage, compassion, wonder, or sensuality sounds fresh-squeezed; flowers bloom where they fall. The underlying instrumentals are varied and very well produced. The album flows like a fairy tale, moving in range from dreamy to volcanic. There are well-varied tempos, chord progressions, and styles (hints of folk, operatic, electronic); something for many moods. Highly recommended for lovers, gypsies, artists, a