This Little Bird - Ce Petit Oiseau (originals)

Blown away by the fantastic voice and great songs. This woman must be on the way to stardom.

Ok, there are a few things better, but not a whole lot. Eating, drinking, and breathing are pretty tough to beat. This is my first review at Jamendo and I just have to say that this artist proves that great open music is entirely possible.

What really got me hooked to this album was the song "Skeletons and Spirits". I don't really know how to critique a song, so I'll just say that its wicked good :-). Next I started paying attention to the haunting song "Silence." That sent chills up my spine. Every time I listen to the album another song shines, this time around it is the first song, "Effortless." She deserves to win every major music award on the face of the planet. I like this artist, if you couldn't tell.

So then I jumped on over to her website and after sorting out a chronology for her albums, I found out that she excluded some songs from the album because they were covers, but you could download them from her site. Unfortunately they're mp3, but whatever. I haven't listened to all of them yet, because I was too busy listening to all the other content on her sight and also watching her Christmas special. She has good taste in art btw, John William Waterhouse is my favourite painter.

Moving right along, it took me a little while to get use to her vibrato. Its just something I never had heard in a professional artists, well, not to the extent she puts into her music. So if your thinking to yourself, "Man, that's way too much vibrato," just give it a little time, you'll learn to love it.

So, in summary, enjoy this album and be sure to drop by her website and check out all of her other stuff.

but this album has great depth and feeling and Ms Crowe has a very fine, beautiful voice - somehow she reminds me of Buffy St-Marie and Sia amongst others but her own style, I am very impressed and pleased to listen to this album and I would recommend Ms Crowe to anyone who likes Feist or Regina Spector.

Класс!!! Голосом может сердце разорвать. Вот это да!!! Но это больше соул чем всё остальное...

I am impressed by the maturity and sincerity that this artist brings to all of her music. On an initial listen, some tracks grab me more than others on This Little Bird, but Allison's voice remains beguiling throughout.

The rare quality that she brings to her songs is the honesty which is conveyed by the way she sings and plays as much as by the words themselves. It's like spending time with an old and dear friend as she shares her reflections on things happening in her life and tries to figure it all out. I am currently hearing some of these songs for the first time and while there is a clear stand-out track (Skeletons and Spirits), I think this album will continue to grow on me.