What A Difference A Melody Makes
Jazz
| Jan 2015
Reviews
Trish Morgan
Reviewed 2015-01-25
Reviewed 2015-01-25
What a Difference a Melody Makes
The Singer and The Songwriter
Planetary, 2014 Reviewed by Trish Morgan 01-25-2015
At the intersection of gypsy jazz, folk, and blues, this album is open and clean. Rachel Garcia has a beautiful voice and Thu Tran composes perfectly for it. Sounds like Nellie McKay, She & Him, Stacey Kent. No FCCs
Best Tracks: 1, 2, 6, 9
1 The Art of Missing You 2:13 - Lovely little number; mid-tempo
2 Homebody 2:23 - Mid-tempo moving to up-tempo; fun with horns
3 Old Fashioned 3:15 - Musings on guitar lead the way, then opens into swinging uptempo ditty
4 Dry Spell 3:36 - Slow and plaintive drought blues
5 Out of the Fog 3:32 - A Pacific coast, folk-inflected, swaying song
6 Half the Week 2:56 - Uptempo, jazzy number; good piano accompaniment
7 Over the Town 2:22 - Slow, thoughtful with more a folk feel.
8 A Borrowed Room in a Borrowed House 3:07 - Syncopated folk tune that blossoms with strings
9 Pacific Coast Highway 3:00 - Swinging ode to the attractions of the open road; great horns
10 Unlove You 2:47 - Fells a little like an Hawaiian song from the early 60s.
11 Someday 2:15 - Slow and striding song
12 Summer Song 5:48 - Mid-tempo; folk-tinged simple song that moves into lush orchestration then back to simplicity
13 A Lullaby (for Malcolm) 2:55 - Quiet, evocative, gentle
The Singer and The Songwriter
Planetary, 2014 Reviewed by Trish Morgan 01-25-2015
At the intersection of gypsy jazz, folk, and blues, this album is open and clean. Rachel Garcia has a beautiful voice and Thu Tran composes perfectly for it. Sounds like Nellie McKay, She & Him, Stacey Kent. No FCCs
Best Tracks: 1, 2, 6, 9
1 The Art of Missing You 2:13 - Lovely little number; mid-tempo
2 Homebody 2:23 - Mid-tempo moving to up-tempo; fun with horns
3 Old Fashioned 3:15 - Musings on guitar lead the way, then opens into swinging uptempo ditty
4 Dry Spell 3:36 - Slow and plaintive drought blues
5 Out of the Fog 3:32 - A Pacific coast, folk-inflected, swaying song
6 Half the Week 2:56 - Uptempo, jazzy number; good piano accompaniment
7 Over the Town 2:22 - Slow, thoughtful with more a folk feel.
8 A Borrowed Room in a Borrowed House 3:07 - Syncopated folk tune that blossoms with strings
9 Pacific Coast Highway 3:00 - Swinging ode to the attractions of the open road; great horns
10 Unlove You 2:47 - Fells a little like an Hawaiian song from the early 60s.
11 Someday 2:15 - Slow and striding song
12 Summer Song 5:48 - Mid-tempo; folk-tinged simple song that moves into lush orchestration then back to simplicity
13 A Lullaby (for Malcolm) 2:55 - Quiet, evocative, gentle
Recent airplay
Summer Song
Music Casserole — Sep 16, 2023
Summer Song
Music Casserole — Jan 01, 2022
Summer Song
Rebroadcast: Music Casserrole — Mar 13, 2021
A Lullaby (For Malcolm), Summer Song
Rebop — May 01, 2015
Half The Week
Rebop — Apr 24, 2015
Pacific Coast Highway
The Peninsula Report — Apr 23, 2015
Charting
2015-02-27 — 2015-05-01
Jazz
| Week Ending | Airplays |
|---|---|
| May 3 | 1 |
| Apr 26 | 2 |
| Apr 19 | 1 |
| Apr 5 | 3 |
| Mar 29 | 2 |
| Mar 22 | 4 |
| Mar 15 | 3 |
| Mar 8 | 3 |
Track listing
| 1. | The Art Of Missing You | ||
| 2. | Homebody | ||
| 3. | Old Fashioned | ||
| 4. | Dry Spell | ||
| 5. | Out Of The Fog | ||
| 6. | Half The Week | ||
| 7. | Over The Town | ||
| 8. | A Borrowed Room In A Borrowed House | ||
| 9. | Pacific Coast Highway | ||
| 10. | Unlove You | ||
| 11. | Someday | ||
| 12. | Summer Song | ||
| 13. | A Lullaby (For Malcolm) |