Album Notes

Reviews:

"a talented songwriter on the rise... this underrated talent is about to punch her ticket to widespread acclaim"
---Keepsake CD Review/ Unfinished

"beautifully ghostly, memorable...absolutely triumphant.."
---Keepsake CD Review/ Lucid Culture

"warm and personal...intimate, crisp...dreamy...."
---Keepsake CD Review/ PopMatters


"knowing and angelic...unadorned, naturally beautiful...a determined quiet beauty"
---Keepsake CD Review/Americana UK


"a terrific songwriter, one that should be above the radar..."
---Keepsake CD Review/Dagger


"beautiful and soft...nice melancholic melodies...sentimental and romantic...."
---Keepsake CD Review/ Derives (Belgium)


"Keepsake remains yet another solid addition to Ms. Draper's impressive catalog..." ---Keepsake CD Review/ Babysue


"Keepsake is Draper's most touchingly beautiful album yet, also resulting in her best...fantastic album" ---Keepsake CD Review/Obscure Sound


"She's got a light touch with her songs...she always finds the steel...Exceptionally accomplished modern folk..awfully good."
---Keepsake CD Review/Aiding & Abetting (Issue #284)

Linda Draper's much anticipated fifth studio long player, "Keepsake" brings you along for 10 beautifully crafted songs - it continues where her last LP, 2005's "One Two Three Four" (produced by Kramer) left off. The album marks her first self-produced effort, along with co-producer Major Matt Mason (Adam Green, Kimya Dawson, Jeffrey Lewis etc.) and was recorded at Olive Juice Music Studios in New York City.

The CD presents Linda in an intimate setting accompanied throughout by stand-up bass, piano, violin, cello, slide guitar, touches of percussion and xylophone - the focus always being the pure beauty of Draper's vocal performance. The soft melodic strum of the lead off track "Shine" instantly brings you into Linda's world with heavenly harmonies and accented cellos. The title cut "Keepsake" features two of Draper's mainstays - fine tuned songwriting and her quiet shimmering vocal delivery, which settles in nicely with the song's balanced guitar/bass rhythms. "Cell Phone," a lighthearted ode to the technology that shortens the distance between us, recalls simpler times. The LP's first single "Traces Of" shows us another side of Linda - jazz vibed leanings and cabaret style arrangements sprinkled with her brand of story telling songwriting. One of her earliest compositions, "Full Moon" emerges with a haunting melody and a dark atmospheric glow. Closing out the album is Linda's delightful angelic lullaby-like reading of Rick Nelson's "How Long," complete with slide guitar and dusty trails - a song she make's all her own.

"Keepsake" contains 10 charming, elegant new songs and is truly a collection of songs to be cherished.