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"The Sadness I Admire" from Even Sleepers
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Artist: Leah Callahan (www.leahcallahan.com)
Title: Even Sleepers
Label: Baraca
Genre: Vocal/Jazzy Funk and much more
Reviewed By: Steven Digman

"Most of my writing, perhaps all, is automatic - a term I have heard used by such writers from William Burroughs to the group Led Zeppelin! It is not a huge mystery, I just don't 'work' to conceive the lyrics or melodies I write, they come very quickly and sometimes unexpectedly, whenever the muse hits"... "Anyway - spontaneity is key, as I don't really 'control' the muse; she controls me"- Leah Callahan

Describing her music as "Pre-rock, very personal, [and] poetic." Even Sleepers introduces the listener to a very different montage of CD communication. It is a journey into the singing interpersonal musical chemistry, of singer/songwriter, Leah Callahan.

Opening with "Valentine" a cabaret styled triad, of voice, guitar, and accordion. Callahan begins (sings) with a good sense of vocal "ear-catcher" quality. A simplistic song - yes, but it is, musically catchy.

"The Red Eye" (third-track) demonstrates the unusual use of applied music backward motion. With her voice well driven by the slurred speech of percussion, and mixed within the "no boundaries" of unrestricted, disconnected, staccato guitar.

The seventh-track "Love Some Thing" is another triad/song. Featuring the warm vocal bounce of Callahan's voice, singing against the set musical parameters of guitar, and a well-played violin (Jonathan Lamaster).

Listen also to "Shocking Pink" (the eighth-track). A duet between her voice and a broken down piano (Joel Simches), it's a good fun to listen too... sailors song!

Produced by Shaun Wolf Wortis, Even Sleepers is the frequency distribution of nine songs that are not "quite" long enough (only a little over twenty-two minutes), but still if you're looking/listening for something different, it is well worth a not commonly encountered... musical experience!

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