Although this is only Christine Donovan's first release, "Rain Down On Me" is a notable accomplishment, in my opinion far superior to her second release, "Lucky Me."  And "Lucky Me" is already an impressive showcase for Donovan's talent.  On this release, the arrangements are more polished, the instrumentation is fuller and richer, and Donovan's vocals are spot on.  Less eclectic than her first release, this album presents a singer who is rapidly finding her own voice, and what a voice!  Although Donovan often takes on a country flavour as in "When Will I See You Again" or the Patsy Cline classic "Crazy" and at other times slips into a pop-rock mode, she's at her best when singing no holds barred rock and roll.  Perhaps the best song on this set is "All That Really Matters," a slow, driving rocker with a hard vocal edge.  It's in this mode that Donovan's at her strongest.  With a second release already leaps and bounds ahead of her first, who can predict what this Canadian artist will accomplish down the road.
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Smooth laid back effort with Blues/Soul vocals with other 
touches in all the right places Just great! And a neat wee
version of the oft covered Crazy. Not what you might expect
but there you go... Proving once again that Canada does 
alright!!
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I’ve said it before and I say it again: there’s something really interesting goin’ on in the Canadian music scene. Especially the Ontario-region brings us very good music these days. Of course we already know Shannon Lyon, one of the best singer/songwriters at the moment. And also one of my favorite singers, Sarah Harmer, hails from Ontaria. She lives in a place called Kingston. Singer/songwriter Christine Donovan is from that place too. I think many men will knuckle down only by seeing the cover of Christine’s “Rain down on me”-CD (in fairness: just like I did). But Christine owns much more than a pretty face! Her arresting vocals, beautiful melodies and intriguing lyrics will knuckle you down again! “Rain down on me”, which contains very fine self-penned blues-, rock and folksongs and a cover of Willie Nelson’s “Crazy”, hits like a rock from the opening track (Lovin’ Cup) up to the final song (Let it Go). I’m sure, this very radio friendly CD will be on my playlist for a very long time.
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".......just heard Christine Donovan's album:  Ontario finally has teeth!.......yeah!"
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