Congratulations on GrIndie Award
author: RadioIndy.com
RadioIndy is proud to present Allene Rohrer a GrIndie Award for their CD "Alchemy." A GrIndie Award is RadioIndy's stamp of approval that this CD is an excellent quality CD. Please join us in congratulating this artist on this accomplishment.
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Excellent Folk CD - Superb Production!
author: RadioIndy.com
"Alchemy" by Allene Rohrer is a collection of beautiful, well-produced folk songs. What makes this album unique is its full, layered sound. Every track is fresh and innovative. Some tracks exude pure acoustic beauty, while others exhibit elements of blues and rock. Moreover, Allene's voice is soothing, determined, and backed by superb musicianship. Highlights include "Never There,” which demonstrates lovely acoustic guitar work, and introduces a bit of an Island feel. Furthermore, the vocals on this track are timeless and layered with heavenly harmonies. "True Hearted Man" is a ‘low-light’ blues number with stunningly intimate vocals. Additionally, "Water" reprises the Island feel and features beautiful harmonies and soulful lyrics. If you like Kate Bush or The Carpenters, you'll like this one.
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Rich, complex and luscious
author: jbb
Many of the songs on this album sound as if they were written as parts of a larger stories that we are fortunate to catch hints of here. Allene fills her new cd with tantalizing glimpses of lives and loves and losses that resonate long after the songs end. The listener is left with a feeling that there is so much more to know about the world she has crafted in Alchemy. An amazing cd from start to finish with the stand-out "Billy" being a personal favorite.
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Quality, Quality, Quality
author: Mycroft
The enchanting Miss A has served up a treat for the faithful and new listeners alike. There is no pigeon hole for this album. Each song reflects a mood, a thought, a feeling, a musical flutter of the muse. However I found all the songs had one thing in common. Honesty. Every lyric says something real, each chord and harmony are carefully thought out by a talented musician. This is real music, not planned to please a generic faceless audiance, but rather designed to be true to itself and be of the highest quality it can strive to. If it finds you and pleases you, well, as they say in the rag trade; " If it hangs straight and doesn't shrink, I wish you well to wear it out".
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