Hero And The Sage

Tara Beier, Hero and the Sage
Label: self released
Reviewed by: Kim Walter, Aug 2018

I saw Tara at a music festival, and I was impressed with her style, her professionalism, and most of all: her voice. She is from Canada. Sometimes her vocals are ethereal, floating above and around the music (#1), sometimes she is more grounded (#2) and for some songs, it is the music itself that takes the dominant role (#8,#9). Overall, nice variety in this album. I feel like Tara is a promising and talented musician we’ll see more of in the future.

3:19 Med - Her vocals float around the psych rock music
3:08 Slow/Med * - More singer/songwriter style with a musical base
3:00 Slow/Med - Her voice/Style is different/political
4:37 Slow * - Nice dreamy tune on freedom island
3:17 Slow->Med * - Starts slow and then peps up
4:03 Slow ** - Title Track, love song?
2:38 Slow - singer/songwriter - message?
3:26 Slow * - Still s/s but a stronger musical feel
3:16 Med ** - Wow. Completely different musical style
2:22 Med ** - Most rockin. Her voice at its grittiest- like an 80’s girl band
2:53 Slow - s/s back to her beautiful voice, good close to album