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Reviews: Kathryn Mostow ~ Dreamers Everywhere
Posted on Saturday, August 06, 2005 @ 08:21:00 PDT
Topic: Reviews
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Artist: Kathryn Mostow
CD: Dreamers Everywhere
Home: Seattle, Washington
Style: Contemporary Folk
Quote: "Listening to Kathryn Mostow is like making a new friend."
By Kevan Breitinger
Listening to Kathryn Mostow is like making a new friend. Not one of those difficult friends who never really let you know where you stand, or if it’s safe to leave them alone in your living room. She brings a warmth and a sense of knowing that all things are understood between sistas. Yes, I’m going to say it: her music is feminine. It’s wonderfully powerfully feminine, blissfully riddled with sleeping babies, youthful dreams and crazy peanut butter blues. She makes no apologies; she just sings her beautiful happy songs. I like that in a friend.
Her songs are little nuggets of contentment, offered in a conversational tone, rich with authenticity and simple charm. Her topics – children, dreams, hope and the power of them all – definitely date her; you very quickly get a sense of certain experiences and perspective with Mostow. I don’t see that as a negative at all. We all bring our life experiences to the communal table; the beauty of the stew is in its delicious mix of diversity and commonality.
Mostow’s stew is richer for its talented cooks. She has assembled a strong band with an eclectic and fresh mix of instruments. I love the unexpected Hammond B3 on “Pray Hard” and “Worth the Wait”s fiddle and cello. But she is always in charge, with that voice like a bell, pure and clear. She doesn’t strain to impress, she just cuts that natural joy loose to ride on her insightful lyrics and delicate acoustic guitar. There are the occasional Joni Mitchell overtones (“Promise of Spring”), but this CD is pure Kathryn Mostow, straight up.
Her optimism and her affection for humanity mark each tune. Check out the intelligence of “Freedom”; even when she’s preaching, she does it with such successful good intentions that you don’t notice the medicine going down. Her rich love of life spills all over the place, making Dreamers Everywhere the happiest of meals. Dig in.
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