While The Angels Sigh
Blue Élan, 2021
8/10
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The long running singer-songwriter Cindy Alexander is aligned with an all start cast of players on this 10th studio album, where the most stressful point of her adult life results in some of her most creative work to date.
“The Power Of Love” starts the album with warm acoustic strumming as Alexander’s gorgeous and alluring vocals guide the folk based climate that’s both powerful and eloquent, and “Broken But Beloved” follows with a dreamy landscape of poetic song craft, where cello from Michael Bacon and piano from Loren Gold add much appeal.
Occupying the middle is “The Piano”, where Alexander’s brand of Americana is both emotive and eloquent, while “Lightning” displays strong storytelling as both bare and louder moments populate the melodic climate. “Carolina In My Mind”, one of the album’s best, then recruits violin from Ginny Luke in the expressive and lush delivery.
Closer to the end, the buzzing and upbeat “Room At The Bottom” showcases Alexander’s rock influences amid both grit and harmony, and “Walking Constellation” exits the listen soft and reflective, building into a soaring soft-rocker where Alexander’s diverse pipes don’t disappoint.
Alexander was dealing with a family death, pandemic adjustment and raising her two daughters in the new reality of the world while making this album, and she parlayed those circumstances into much grace and forthrightness that highlights this very personal record from a consistently luminous talent.
Travels well with: Rachael Sage- Character; Pete Himmelman- Press On