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Emmylou, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt - Valerie's right in there, mixing country and soul, her voice full of heartbreak and passion. Sweet dreams, indeed.
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Country: Country Rock
Release Date:
2002
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Only When You Smile
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"Valerie is a pleasant surprise, a country belter out of England, where the Hollies once sang about a "Long Cool Woman (In a Black Dress)." Add a fringed jacket and a guitar and you've got Valerie. In my career, I've interviewed some pretty fair singers - Emmylou, Linda Ronstadt, Bonnie Raitt, Gladys Knight, Joni Mitchell - and Valerie's right in there, mixing country and soul, her voice full of heartbreak and passion. Sweet dreams, indeed."
-Ben Fong Torres
Valerie was born and raised in Hull, in the county of Yorkshire, England. The youngest of five children, she felt musically inspired by her father, a gifted organist, to pick up the guitar at the age of fifteen.
By nineteen Valerie was performing original songs with her first band 'Skyline', she recalls an early music review describing her as "....breezy pop".
The songwriting continued in earnest over the next few years, spurning 'Sweetened Lies' and 'Loving You All Of My Life' among many others during this p
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Valerie - influenced by the likes of Patsy Cline and Emmylou Harris is in top fo
author: Honky Tonkin Music
VALERIE is an excellent forcefull singer influenced by the likes of PATSY CLINE, EMMY LOU HARRIS & K.D. LANG is in top form herein. Contemporary country. RECOMMENDED. VALERIE turns in eleven performances in this collection accompanied by steel guitar, lead guitar, accoustic, mandolin, dobro, bass, drums & back up voices.
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Valerie possesses a beautiful, haunting, crystalline voice that reminds one of P
author: Take Country Back
Valerie possesses a beautiful, haunting, crystalline voice that reminds one of Pasty Cline or k.d. lang, full of emotion that wraps itself around every note. There's but only the slightest, occasional hint of a British accent, and you'll have to listen closely to even catch it. Only When You Smile is a low key, moody affair filled with original penned songs and a few covers.
The combination of Valerie's hauntingly beautiful voice and the low key, arrangements and delivery of the songs gives Only When You Smile an almost vintage feel to it, yet at the same time remains contemporary, recalling k.d. lang's country work.
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