Album Reviews

DAPHNE WILLIS

What to Say

2010-01-17

Chicago-based Daphne Wells has a soulful, bouncy narrative style of delivering a tune that has some pegging her as a female Jack Johnson. I pick up some Laura Love vibes in the music; there's careful attention to the instruments providing a percussive backbeat to the song-stories she is telling. The set starts off with a roar on "Everybody Else," settles into the solid folk-rocker "Bluff" and then she's off to the races. In addition to these openers, I particularly liked "Swirl" and "Yellow Dress" for their spot-on match of lyric and music. Not a clinker in the bunch, a fresh new talent with spunk and style. F-Soul 01/10 Michael J.

Quick Links:

all reviews | all folk reviews

More reviews tagged #Folk

reviewed 03/2006
VARIOUS ARTISTS
I am the Resurrection: A Tribute to John Fahey
reviewed 06/2011
SMALL TOWN SON
Burning Good Rubber
reviewed 09/2010
Railroad Earth
Railroad Earth
reviewed 01/2005
Paul Brady
Say What You Feel
reviewed 08/2011
SLAID CLEAVES
SORROW & SMOKE LIVE AT THE HORSESHOE LOUNGE
reviewed 03/2014
RUN RIVER NORTH
Run River North

Compiled by the WYCE Journalism Club

The opinions expressed in these reviews are those of the individual volunteers that submitted the article and do not necessarily reflect the views of WYCE or GRCMC; nor its staff, donors, or affiliates.