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author: norm
this music is great. just the right blend of old country and bluegrass mixed with the pop country sound.
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Winnipeg's Ashley Robertson has ample touches of passion, hurt & soul.
author: Canadian Country Music News
Wow…what’s this !! A 19 year-old female country singer who actually sounds ‘country’. How different is that in today’s diva dominated world!!
Winnipeg-born Ashley Robertson has ample touches of passion, hurt and soul, and even a bit of mountain twang in her vocal delivery; all elements that are often missing in today’s tender voiced female singers.
Ashley Robertson’s self-titled debut album is filled with fresh material, written by some of Nashville’s better tunesmiths (Sam Hogin, Ron Harbin, Sharon Vaughan, etc.) She is also given a huge helping hand here by the crafty production touches of Allen Frizzell (Lefty and David’s younger brother), and some ace Nashville session players chipping in with their talents. Robertson herself shows some extra versatility by writing three of the album’s selections on her own.
There are several highlight moments, the very best coming in the mid-tempo winners Living In Misery and the album’s debut single, I Will Never Tell, both co-written by Allen Frizzell who also has his pen dipped in two other tunes on the album. The edgy Cold Enough To Burn, co-written by hit songwriter Sharon Vaughan has ‘single’ potential; while Convince Me, a tune co-written by Canadians Kortney Kayle and Cyril Rawson, rates among the ‘pick hits’ on the album.
The best of Robertson’s original tunes comes in her Little League Tryouts, a crafty tune that tells about a ‘tomboy with a special kind of swing’. This one could make for a pretty neat music video as well. Speaking of videos, this enhanced CD, also contains a video version of the Living In Misery track.
Watch and listen for Ashley Robertson – a talented newcomer on the scene, and someone who is just around the corner from being a ‘star’.
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Shades of cross-over, traditional & religious, the tunes hit their mark.
author: CountryReview.com
It’s good when a plan comes together. Take Winnipeg-born Ashley Robertson. As a growing child, she loved music. In her Canadian home, the sounds of country filled the rooms. Her music-loving parents played Marty Robbins, Patsy, Johnny Horton, and many others following the popular timeline. Little known, but now realized, it was those well-worn tracks that stirred creative interest and ambition. It was an interest leading Robertson, at age 6, to learn the piano, moving later to the Dobro, banjo, and the guitar. But it was modern day heroes like the Dixie Chicks and Shania that shaped the possibilities.
Robertson wanted to be a country singer. And now she is.
Years on, this 19 year-old has released her self-titled debut. With 12 tracks calling on some of Nashville’s finest writers, including Ron Harbin (Lonestar’s 5 week chartbuster "What About Now") who claims a 4-song involvement, and with a primed session band, this CD is a realization of dreams and talent. The talent further proven with three self-written songs on this Allen Frizzell (younger brother of the legendary Lefty) produced album.
And what about the album? With shades of cross-over, traditional, and religious, the tunes, powered by Robertson’s developing voice, find solid direction and hit their mark. One such cut, "Living In Misery", a rocky tale of denial, grabs attention as a bonus video. Listen out, too, for the song getting the play in Australia, "I’m Gonna Get There". The song pushes the lovin’-leavin’-movin’ on boundaries with an infectious beat. The song could appeal as a possible single.
"Cold Enough To Burn", "Nothing In This World" (one of 4 songs written by producer Frizzell), and "But He", a tune of decision and comparison when it comes to love, allows Robertson full tear-soaked expression.
With a self-played piano for accompaniment and a chorus for comfort, Robertson digs deep and mines mortal fiber with her rendition of "Amazing Grace". The song, carried tunefully by this Belmont University of Nashville Music Business major, flows, beautifully, with its intended power and clarity. It’s an interesting song choice, but possibly a little out of place here; however, it showcases fine vocal qualities and future considerations.
On an energized track laced with banjo, piano, fiddle, and tight harmonies, "Good Chance, Bad Choice" tells of love’s losing moves, while "Convince Me" is a breathless midpaced search for devotion in need of confirmation.
When speaking of Robertson, Allen Frizzell, a 30-year music veteran, nails the possibilities of his young charge. In the liner notes, he tells, "Ashley is one of the most talented female singer-songwriters I’ve had the pleasure to work with."
It’s good when a plan comes together, don’t you think?
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Expert training shows in this great album, studying in Nashville.
author: Country Capers
A recent arrival in our mailbox was stamped from Canada and was a debut album from a young 19 year old Winnipeg born newcomer to the country music scene Ashley Robertson.
This talented young lady began her career at age 6 but her career developed from age 17 when she was under the tutelage of Allen Frizzell, of the legendary Frizzell family.
Certainly the expert training shows in this great album. Ashley is currently studying at Nashville’s Belmont university, majoring in music business with a minor in classical piano.
Remember the name Ashley Robertson because it is going to be around for a long time bringing pleasure to country music listeners.
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