Songs like Time On My Hands, Autumn In New York, Deep Purple. What makes the cd truly entertaining is in the choice of material Jeff Healey’s final jazz album titled Last Call is the sonic and emotional equivalent of a walk on a warm summer night or a cozy sunday morning with a cup of good coffee.
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If you have ever watched Underwood on stage you know just how captivating she can beĮlsewhere on Colour Me Free Stone’s originals like the smoldering Lady, the unforced duet Big Ol’ Game with Raphael Saadiq and the political soul show stopper Governmentalist with it’s terrffic wordplay really push her talent in a good way. The better songs on Play On such as the funky Undo It and the banjo jump/rock vibe of Songs Like This find Underwood simply getting closer to a performance feel. Even the rock single Cowboy Casanova sounds like a Mutt Lange/Def Leppard outake.Įlsewhere Mama’s Song, Temporay Home, and Someday When I Stop Loving You all containing superb vocals sound like they could have come from any country album over the last 5 years by any female vocalist That may be fine, but there seems less distinction in the overall songcraft. Underwood relies on a more polished studio approach on Play On where ballads rule. Stone seems in lock and step with the musicians among them David Sanborn and Jeff Beck and feeds off of their chops . On tracks like Parrallel Lines the new single Free Me, and her gorgeous cover of Ray Charles’ I Believe It To My Soul Stone reaches an emotional depth while keeping the tempo upbeat, making intelligent lyrical choices on her own songs, and singing the hell out of the tracks. JOSS.STONE/COLOUR ME FREE/CARRIE UNDERWOOD/PLAY ON.Īs most people are aware both Stone and Underwood are exceptional vocalists. The difference on these releases is that Stone’s cd comes off more organic to her own talent.