Up.Rooted
Artist: Gina Chavez
Label: Gina Chavez
Release Date: February 11, 2014
Duration: 11 tracks, 45:29
Gina Chavez’ sophomore offering of Up.Rooted jumps of the
speakers with horns blazing and continues to smolder to the last song with
offerings sometimes bold and proud, at others soft and sensual.
The Austin, Texas artist found earlier success in 2007’s
Hanging Spoons. Up.Rooted marks a sense of awareness and maturity in its
bilingual vocals, warm-to-hot lyrics, big brass accompaniment or soft acoustic melodic
backing.
Molding a little jazz, a little reggae and a little Latin
beat, the poppy “Save Me” bursts from the speakers with strong horns leveraging
Phil Spector’s classic ‘wall of sound’.
Again, Latin horns and solid
lyrics of romantic loss mix with hot Latin horns in “Gotta Get”. Sounding
much like a James Bond soundtrack, “Like An Animal” mixes sensual lyrics with
strings to produce another hot song.
Among the soft and sensual offerings, “Maiz” and “The Sweet
Sound of Your Voice” show the depth of Chavez’ gift with “Soy Quien Soy”
portraying her love for South America. The sultry,
rhythmic and percussion driven “Fire Water” is a ‘head tune’ – once heard it
stays in memory and repeats often. Todo Cambia summarizes the collection with a
powerfully sensual South American folk offering.
In “Up.Rooted” Chavez has created her distinct and solid
foothold on the music scene. Nothing short of one artist’s hallmark, this
collection embodies Gina Chavez as an artist of her own right.
Scott S Mertens
4 tocks
No comments:
Post a Comment