Tuesday, October 31, 2017

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

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