An active solo artist and record label owner since the \u201990s (she\u2019s the CEO of Mpress Records), Rachael Sage delivers her 15th solo studio album, continuing her charming brand of pop, rock and folk sounds that use her multi-instrumentalist skills and warm voice splendidly. <\/p>\n
The very gentle \u201cWhistle Blow\u201d opens the listen with Sage\u2019s poetic singing alongside light drums and a chilling atmosphere that\u2019s a bit mysterious. \u201cFlowers For Free\u201d continues the gracefulness with warm keys and soulful brass that carries agile melodies, too.<\/p>\n
Further into Side A, \u201cThe Place Of Fun\u201d benefits much from cozy acoustic guitar amid the timeless folk qualities, while \u201cRebecca\u201d is string focused in the elegant and orchestral nods of the grittier, rock presence. <\/p>\n
The second half of the listen leads with the articulate pop-rock sensibilities of \u201cAlbatross,\u201d where Sage’s vivid storytelling is particularly gripping, and \u201cDeepest Dark,\u201d the album’s best, is piano focused and full of heartfelt, sincere song craft. <\/p>\n
Landing near the end, \u201cForgive Me This\u201d is a powerful, emotive display of confessional style songwriting that anyone can relate to, and \u201cI Made A Case\u201d exits with the legendary Howard Jones\u2019 guest vocals in attendance for the hazy, darker filled finish that\u2019s populated by violin, upright bass, Wurlitzer, cello, Rhodes, electric guitars, accordion and trumpet. <\/p>\n
Also a visual artist, Sage supplements the Deluxe Vinyl Version of this release with 16 original paintings that further illustrate her wide and varied talents. Whether this is your first time listening or you\u2019ve been along for some duration of Sage\u2019s lengthy and esteemed career, there\u2019s little doubt that she’s one of the most talented and prolific songwriters of this generation, and her name certainly belongs in the same sentence with Norah Jones, Sarah McLachlan or Ani DiFranco. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":34972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[10942],"rating":[5617],"class_list":["post-46844","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-rachael-sage","rating-rating-b-plus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46844"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46844\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=46844"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=46844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}