One of the best of the year AND the decade says the LA Times
author: Los Angeles Times - Mike Boehm (pop Critic)
*** 1/2
Kerry Getz
"Apollo"
World in Motion Records.
If "Apollo" gets the blessing of the adult alternative-radio gods, Kerry Getz will be one of the format's new heroines. Her long-delayed debut release is beautifully arranged collaboration between a mature, assured artist with a great sense of melody and an array of excellent local players contributing everything from gleaming pianos to haunting accordians and strings. Getz's now-dusky, now-airy voice can power a dark rock ballad like "Let Me Out", dance lightly on the folk-jazz breeze of "Devil and the Deep Blues" or ladle out the Bangles-like pure-pop sweets of "I Could Fall for You".
Slickness and overstatement are the dangers in polished recordings such as this, but Getz avoids those pitfalls with
nuanced phrasing, concise writing and deep emotional commitment. Her songs are mainly unanswered prayers for love,
peace of mind, artistic inspiration and spiritual connection, but collectively they should answer the preayers of anybody
seeking a classy new singer-songwriter for grown ups.
-M.B.
ratings range from * (poor) to **** (excellent) with three stars denoting a solid recommendation.
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One of the best DIY records of the year says Performing Songwriter
author: Performing Songwriter Magazine
the PERFORMING SONGWRITER volume 5, issue 25 July/August 1997.
TOP 12 INDEPENDENT RECORDINGS.
KERRY GETZ
Apollo.
A young woman stands at her mirror, lamenting her looks, believing that only if she had a "turned up nose" or pretty
clothes, she'd be desirable to the guy of her dreams. That's the picture Kerry Getz paints in "Beautiful To You". It's just
one of the many songs on Apollo that she knocks out of the ballpark.
Getz, a native of Newport Beach, California, has a husky alto that she moves ably between pounding rock dirges like
"Let Me Out" to the gentle folk of "Cyclone". The latter's soft accordian and mandolin strokes run counter to the dark
tale of murder at a state fair. There's a longing in her voice that make the searches and questions evident in songs like
"Apollo", "Perfect Words" and "This Summer Afternoon" all the more immediate.
Getz shows her modern pop sensibilities on "Weak", with it's cool sitar line and "I Could Fall For You", a perfect
summer time single. She and her co-producer Doug Doyle manage to walk the fine line between studio polish and live
organics. "I can do anything at all" she sings in "This Summer Afternoon", and Apollo, her debut disc, proves that's no
hollow boast.
-Neil Fagan
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