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Reviews: Heidi ~ Poetry, Essence & Romance
Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2004 @ 16:08:46 PST
Topic: Reviews
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Artist: Heidi
CD:Poetry, Essence & Romance
Home:Hickory, North Carolina
Style: Acoustic Singer/Songwriter
Quote: "Her writing is, as the CD title suggests, poetry that captivates whether she’s got her head in the clouds or buried in her arms."
By Jennifer Layton
That voice actually stunned me into stillness at first. Heidi sounds like an earth child, her voice seeming to originate from the trees and rivers. From her mystic muse appearance to that soft yet demanding vocal, Heidi seems to step out of the folkie 60s, where Joan Baez was her best friend and Bob Dylan followed her around like a lovesick puppy.
Poetry, Essence & Romance, Heidi’s second CD, is a beautifully simple production. Most of the songs feature just her 12-string acoustic and that sweet voice. She holds high notes until I could just float away on them.
Her writing is, as the CD title suggests, poetry that captivates whether she’s got her head in the clouds or buried in her arms. When she writes of something as down-to-earth as a struggling relationship, the images are sharp. From “Pretty Girls”: “Bite your lip, look me in the eye, can you keep a straight face and cry?” And from “Since You Don’t Love Me”:
Heaven knows that it’s winter
But you are still stuck in the fall
If you can’t love a cold soul
I guess you can leave me alone...
But she’s at her best when her imagination leaves the earthly and logical realms. “The Heavens Shook” fills the melody with images of Roman gods, ocean pearls, and celestial bodies. “For The Love of Love” is almost Shakespearean in its mystery as she treads lightly through a garden and pleads, “Marry me in the garden, marry me to that flower, the violet.”
This CD is a hypnotic experience. Heidi lives in this world, but she’s not of it.
http://www.heidismusic.net
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