Album Notes

Performing songwriter Julie Rust has been inspiring listeners for over 20 years. Believe is her 4th CD. The following is a review:


If the songs on this album were paintings, they would be pastels or watercolors of various views of a limpid pool in twilight. The main colors are Julie Rust's flawless voice, and her well-crafted piano playing. A few tracks have her singing harmonies with herself, and a few have very welcome guitar or string backgrounds.

Julie's lyrics remind me in a way of George Harrison's in that the songs may be heard as love songs to a lover, or as love songs to God. The test of an album, to me, is whether it invites and stands up to repeated listening. By the second time through I was humming or singing along (in my mind); these songs gain familiarity through their simplicity.

This music, while not exactly meditative, is all of a piece, slow to medium tempo, perhaps 'contemplative' best describes it. It's perfect tea on a rainy afternoon music. Understated and extremely well done.

Karl Moeller
Tucson AZ