Raw, genuine and heartfelt, Martha Ann Brooks debut CD is a rare pleasure.  Her vocal clarity and storytelling ability are fresh and passionate.  I recommend her music for anyone who enjoys descriptive lyrics with a down home feel combined with great acoustic guitar.  Looking forward to her next release!!!
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By Brenda Barbee - "Roots Music Report" staff reviewer.
	
Great news, folk music fans!  Martha Ann Brooks’s CD, “Simply”, released this summer, gives you everything you could possibly want in folk music. The songs are folksy indeed and they are presented with such passion and heart that listeners will find themselves totally engrossed.

Brooks ably demonstrates her considerable creative songwriting talents with imaginative lyrics that are both thoughtful and thought provoking. The songs on the CD contain compelling tales and messages that flood the listener with emotion.

Her rich vocals crystallize the stories with rhapsodic fervor and the acoustic guitar accomplishment completes the experience. This is just the right amount of instrumentation to allow the lyrics to flow seamlessly.

Listen to this CD and you will be richer for it.
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A Fabulous first album from Martha...........maybe a full band would provide a more authentic sound to her songs....either way.......love it and enjoy it
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Martha Ann Brooks is a passionate singer/songwriter from NW Georgia, who delivers her songs with minimal instrumentation.  A former nominee for Female Vocalist of the Year in Atlanta,  she took a hiatus from music in pursuit of her passion for painting and to begin raising a family. She has since returned to music, much to the satisfaction of her many fans.  Her CD, "Simply...", consists of 12 easy listening songs, some of which are really special, such as "One More Goodbye" and "Hank's Song" (written for her "apple of the eye" son and which includes a nice piece of Spanish lyrics).  "When Your Soldier Comes Back Home", an anti-war song she wrote for her husband, has been highly rated as a featured song on the website of Neil Young.  Her lyrics come right from the heart and are about the very personal emotions and events in life.  While the songs have contemporary elements to them, their roots come directly from traditional American folk music.  MAB has some lady singers such as Mary Gauthier, Gillian Welch, and Emmylou Harris as role models, but has also been influenced by Townes Van Zandt, John Prine and a host of others in that vein.  Here are my tips from the track list:  "Poor Little Rich Girl", "Can't Sing A Sad Song Blues", and "Just For Today".
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