Do you like Neko Case, Kelly Willis, Lucinda Williams? You'll love Kerri Powers. I do! Dump that Keith Urban pop country cd and get some real music!

I find myself, telling my friends, you need too get this record. It so good. I compare her with Lucinda Williams but this is even better. (How is that possible) Premack

”Everything you can think of is true.” Tom Waits said that in his song. It is good to keep that in mind when you listen to Kerri Power's new album “Faith In The Shadows”. Powers shows delicate insight and wisdom in depicting both personal and interpersonal core issues like destructive jealousy, empathy and hurting, unquestioning faith, love and the yearning for it, and all of that is so true. The ten short stories that deal with those issues are perfectly aligned with the great American story telling tradition, yes, they could indeed come from a classic like “The Nick Adams Stories” - minimalistic in expression, sometimes revealing a great sense of humor– and she does not go splattering about with futile words, avoids emphasis in a very natural way and thus allows spacious room for anyone to interpret the stories and the rich imagery they contain in one’s own way and with one’s own personal history as the backdrop. It isn’t just the stories that are intriguing, no, it is the whole package. Start with the picture on the CD´s cover, take your time to study it and then you’re set to allow yourself immerse in a stream of music and harmonic sounds Kerri’s voice and the band create. Her most beautiful vocals create at times a mere mist over that lazy wide river, and when you’re carried downstream the tonal color of her voice changes to match whatever may lay ahead. It is a stream you want to ride again and again, and each time the river has new surprises in store. Mr Harmon has done an elegant job producing the album, allowing Kerri to do her singing up front, creating a perfect musical atmosphere for her to tell these great stories. This is one of those albums you just can’t afford not to have.

I fell in love with the Faith in the Shadows album from the first note. It's refreshing to hear a well written album featuring an artist with such a unique and haunting sound. The album is dark but somehow Kerri's tone makes me feel peaceful when I listen to it. Her voice exudes sensuality in one of my personal favorite songs, Sweet Crusade. I am truly impressed with the entire album and await the sequel with bated breath.