A great talent, a great, delicate voice
author: Augusto (the Wimsurst's Machine)
I did love since the start the Enya-esque atmospheres and vocals, well supported by delicate piano and charming ambience. Very recommended to everyone who likes Enya or anyway relaxing, poetic music. Great! :-)
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I can't wait for her next release
author: Lorenzo
The only thing bad about this cd was the quality of the recording. Otherwise, this is a fine collection of songs from a terrifically talented singer/songwriter. I am truly looking forward to Queenie's next collection.
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Astonishing debut from this exceedingly talented artist!
author: Kim Loftis
Queenie’s debut album is a fantastic recording full of passionate, ethereal songs sure to transport any listener. They certainly transported me… back to teenaged days when I longed for isolation while struggling with the cruelty and methodicism of the outside world. Queenie’s songs are about real life… loss, terror, living in a fantasy world, heartache, bitterness and ultimately, survival.
Queenie has a startlingly beautiful voice, which adds an ironic angelic quality to these songs whose subject matter is not so beautiful. She uses lovely instrumentation, subtle sound effects, and angelic harmonies to further shape her material. Each song has it’s own personality, and sparkles with Queenie’s passionate lyrics, delivery and her glistening piano. The orchestration is tasteful and understated, leaving her voice and lyrics front and center. It is obvious through her delivery that Queenie sings what she knows and has lived. Her songs should serve as highly welcome to those of us who have ever felt isolated, lost, ashamed, or just uncool. Queenie has the heart of a poet, tremendous musical sensibility, and a fine talent for drawing in her listeners. This is an astonishingly good debut, and I for one tremendously look forward to the next album later in 2005! Definitely grab this CD… this is a truly wonderful recording! Highly recommended!
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Saying more than you've written is what makes the artist.
author: Chapman James
I am always looking for an artist.
One seems to have to glean through a miriade of entities screaming "Listen to me!", "Hear what I have to say!" and then one comes across a still small voice whispering: "This is how I hear it..." and then you know you are in the presence of a gifted heart.
Queenie must have grown through the same situational chaos as Janis Ian, Judy Collins and even a young Joni Mitchell to be able to say so much more than she has written. Her wonderfully fresh rendition of "Lost" is as explcit as Judy's "Since You've Asked" and every bit as harmonic and layered. I was truly impressed. This is the kind of artist we writers dream of writing for but alas, she writes so well for herself.... Adding definition beyond linguistic reference to the titles she pens are rare strengths and appear to be her greatest talent....
Chapman James
Folk Critic
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