Ramsie Shick
Sinner's Serenade
Reviewed by Brian Vincent McGovern
I lost the original WordPerfect file that contained my first review of this record, so I had to review it again... But I didn't mind. It gave me an excuse to listen to it again! This is the kind of stuff that gets a coffee shop jumping. Not just the expected girl-with-acoustic-guitar-format, Ramsie's music actually rocks, in a rootsy Janis Joplin/Bonnie Raitt/Deborah Fatow kinda way, with a strong hint of a Larry Norman vibe. Besides the expected instrumentation of electric guitar and bass, there is also well-placed use of instruments like violin, Hammond organ, etc. Ramsie's voice and songwriting are both much stronger than expected.
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