Female singer songwriters have become so commonplace that few of them stand apart from the others.  But Kelley Dolan has made a really gorgeous, epic, record.  It reminds me of " Wuthering Heights" era Kate Bush and I mean that as the highest compliment.  If you want something truly unique and beautiful, buy this now.
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Transcending the tired conventions of vapid mass marketed popular music, Kelley Dolan paints a previously unexplored sonic landscape ranging from delicate, sublime brush strokes to buckets of paint thrown violently on canvas. This is the musical environment where Kelley Dolan feels at home. To follow the well trodden path would be a waste of her prodigious talent. Her music has the rare power to challenge and transform, to bludgeon and seduce. Her introspective lyrics challenge us to look more deeply and to be true to ourselves. 

The categorizing mind may want to draw comparisons to Tori Amos, Kate Bush, or Joni Mitchell. But these comparisons obscure Kelley's unique and ground breaking musical identity. And the need to categorize will only close our minds and ears, preventing us from hearing something truly beautiful and revolutionary.
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Bedtime Story is a masterful series of tunes which any of today's best songwriters would be happy to have under their belts. This recording is a showcase of musical style fit for the post-millenium.
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