Land of Souvenirs
© Copyright-Patti Witten
(634479234422)
Record Label: Potent Folk Records
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Patti Witten's powerful and emotional folk-rock debut Land Of Souvenirs made an impact with its vivid stories of love, loss and redemption.
Ten tracks from this CD earned honors in international and regional contests including grand prize in the Great American Song Contest ("Change of Heart Church Choir"), and awards from Billboard Song Contest, Mid-Atlantic Song Contest and Just Plain Folks Music Awards.
"In a voice that brings to mind Joni Mitchell, Witten inflects her tunes with a disarming mixture of soft-spoken fragility and raw, throaty seductiveness . . . Witten has a poet's ability to clearly and beautifully articulate her particular view of the world." (Rambles)
Patti also fronts Prairie Doll, a 4-piece roots-rock band. Their 6-song mini CD is here on CD Baby, as well ass Patti's other CDs, Sycamore Tryst and Tell The Wind.
LAND OF SOUVENIRS credits:
Produced by Rich DePaolo
Patti Witten (vocal, acoustic guitar)
Rich DePaolo (bass, electric and acoustic guitars, tiple, harmonium and alto mandolin)
Bill King (drums)
Jennie Stearns and The Burns Sisters (vocal harmony)
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It was a pleasure to review this album because it's such a work of art.
author: Liz Smith, Thenightguide.com
Patti's songs are like vignettes of life in America; families, love, loss, lonliness and moving on.
Patti's voice is soothing, feminine and crystal clear. Her melodies are are lovely and complex. The musicianship on the album is a perfect accompaniment to the songs. Patti plays acoustic guitar and Rich DePaulo plays bass, electric guitar, harmonica and mandolin on this recording. Percussion is handled expertly by Bill King. Back up vocals are sung by the Burns sisters and Jennie Stearns.
Patti Witten is an artist to watch out for. Her style of music has recently made its way back on to the airwaves in recent years, so there is no reason why these gems won't be heard on the radio in the near future. One listen to this CD and you'll agree. Trust me.
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A stand-out in the world of smart folk-pop
author: Tom Sieling
I've always been a sucker for the old Joni Mitchell school of acute observation, unflinching honesty, and careful writing in songs, and Patti Witten, in Land of Souvenirs, has put out an album full, beginning-to-end, of all three. Her singing is nicely understated and unaffected, her guitar work nothing short of masterful, and her melodies are unfailingly memorable, interesting, and catchy, even when they're gracing a less-than-cheery lyric. She has an unmistakable musical sensibility that takes pleasing roads less travelled enough to make her a stand-out in the world of smart folk-pop. All this, and she can rock, too! Producer and multi stringed-instrumentalist Rich DePaulo's contribution is in the "it just doesn't come any better" class, and a nice collection of other fine Ithaca-area musicians rounds out the effort to make it one of the best from Upstate New York in recent memory.
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The title track is folk-rock at its best.
author: Rambles.net
Patti Witten's CD Land of Souvenirs opens with the unexpected -- a whispered poem -- and continues to offer poetic musings that carry the same power throughout the entire recording. In a voice that brings to mind Joni Mitchell, Witten inflects her tunes with a disarming mixture of soft-spoken fragility and raw, throaty seductiveness.
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author: Patti Witten
Quotes: "Someone Should Sign This Gal UP!!!" - Fred Jerdan, WICB-FM "The Roots Cellar" "Keep up the great work!" - Lew Hall, Song Contest Chairman, Woody Guthrie Song Contest Committee Member "Your songs immediately captivate me and transport me into your world and the worlds of your characters." - Kenn Marash, WVBR-FM "Nonesuch"
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