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    Kasey Curtis

    Timeless

    (2002)

    Reviewed by Brian A. Smith

    Apple Music
    Label Crucible ArtistsThe Phantom Tollbooth2002
    ccmfolk rocksinger-songwriter

    Timeless focuses on different aspects of God -- His ability to do the impossible ("Out Loud"), His dwelling place ("Eden"), His relentless love ("Timeless"), and His help in overcoming sin ("Rescue Me").

    Curtis' voice falls somewhere between Paula Cole and Sara Groves, veering occasionally into the country domain ("Joy"). The standout here is the title track, noting the love from Christ that pursues us, no matter how hard we try to elude it:

    I'm undeserving and you are unswerving...
    From orphan to daughter
    Healing traded for pain, my pain.

    Timeless doesn't quite achieve the status of its title, but it is what I refer to as "pretty good." Fans of Lilith Fair artists should appreciate this one.

    3.5 tocks

    Other coverage for this album

    HM Magazine #98Reviewed by Doug Van PeltThis sweet and charming voice paints with many vivid word pictures, but really excells when she sets out to tell a story (like "Twenty-Seven," with its dreamy guitars and sultry vocal phrasing). With one foot planted in the blues, Kasey lets her voice take center stage, but she never oversteps the structure of these 6 songs. As a huge fan of artists like Trish Murphy, I can't help but make mental…

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