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Emily Dunbar : Catch It When You Can
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Upbeat and quirky acoustic storytelling
Genre: Folk: Folk Pop
Release Date: 2009
Catch It When You Can Record Label: Emily Dunbar
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Preview Song Name Time Format Price Select
Barcelona 4:33 Album Only
Catch It When You Can 3:58 Album Only
One Cup of Coffee 3:03 Album Only
Did You Think of Me? 4:59 Album Only
New Year's Eve 3:57 Album Only
John Cusack 4:25 Album Only
Gold Lamé 2:08 Album Only
Ohio 5:19 Album Only
EconoLodge 4:27 Album Only
Prairie Christmas 4:55 Album Only
The Very Last Time 3:37 Album Only
Boone's Farm Wine 3:09 Album Only
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Album Notes

Catchy melodies.
Quirky lyrics.
Warm vocals.
And above all, optimism.

Emily Dunbar’s debut release “Catch It When You Can” serves up a slice of small town life, elevates simple pleasures to new heights, paints a picture of the joys and trials of raising a family, explores the sting love gone wrong and sings the praises of cheap, cheap wine.

Producer Tom Prasada-Rao deftly weaves keys and electric guitar into a small arsenal of acoustic instruments to flesh out the sound of Dunbar’s guitar and accordion. Though Dunbar is firmly rooted in contemporary folk, she dabbles a bit in country, blues, and soul in course of these 12 original tracks. Prasada-Rao and Dunbar walk a precarious line, creating an album that is slick enough for the big time, but homespun enough to imagine Dunbar strumming just for you from across the room.

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REVIEWS

Catch It When You Can
author: heavya
Brilliant debut! By the second time through I was already singing along. Laughing, crying, doing the head bob as I drove to work- Emily Dunbar knows how to pick you up and keep you smiling! A Say Anything reference? GOLD! Great vocals- a rich, wrap you and make you feel right at home voice with honkey-tonk instrumentals and I can hardly wait for more! A squeeze-box AND a fiddle? Best CD purchase I've made in years.
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Catch it when you can
author: unknown
A fantastic debut album!!! Emily takes you through the complete range of emotions, from tears of joy with Barcelona and Prairie Christmas all the way to laughing out loud with Boone's Farm Wine. A very inspiring, up and coming artist. I can't wait for her next release.
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Catch it when you Can
author: Tanya Craft
Love this whole CD!!! Great songs, John Cusack is great, but my favorite is Catch it when you can! One cup of coffee and Boone's Farm wine crack me up!!! So glad I purchased this CD!!! YOU ROCK EM!!!! Take care, Tanya Craft
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Amazingly Uplifting!
author: Karrie
This is one of my favorite CD's. I listen to it on my commute each morning, as it puts the spring in my step to get me through each day at work! Emily is a fantastic story teller, so listening to her songs is fun and the melodies are catchy. Very cutting edge and right up there with well known pop stars like Taylor Swift! I love it! :)
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