Amber Rubarth
(Independent release)
12 Songs, 40 minutes and 43 seconds
Release Date: January 19, 2010
In Amber Rubarth there is an artist performing simplistically beautiful song writing, with accomplished acoustic guitar and piano, capped with a wonderfully innocent voice. In Good Mystery Rubarth combines these attributes to produce an alchemy which resembles the love and innocence of Joy Williams, but with an edge.
With a song collection which is light and fun, the listener is easily swept away to a listening station somewhere amid the high soft clouds of a sunny Sunday afternoon in summer. “Edge of My Seat” sets the stage with a light arrangement of acoustic guitar, strings, and Rubarth’s innocent voice followed by the album’s namesake with garage percussion, acoustic guitar, and low hanging strings laying the foundation for a fun lyrical ride. Amid a host of relationship songs shared with wonderfully light locals, acoustic guitar and strings are the bouncing “Wish We’d Gotten Drunk” just for fun and the poignant ballad to a daughter ‘Song to Thank the Stars’. Percussion meets piano in ‘Pilot’ with lyrics ‘I need a spark to ignite my pilot light’. To round out the smorgasbord, the special edition release includes “Golden Ratio of Silence’ which provides just that with reflective dead air as a prelude to the finale ‘The Stairwell’, a piano instrumental showcasing one of the many of Rubarth’s talents.
Playful and fun to serious and thoughtful Good Mystery is just that. A mystery which connects to its audience with lyrics meaningful, melodies simple, and innocence remembered.
http://www.amberrubarth.com/
http://www.tollbooth.org/2010/reviews/arub.html
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