Box Tree RecordsMarston : Redtail (US,2005)*°

“Marston” is called "a cosmic-cowgirl". Although I now remember her earlier album for me was a disappointment, at least I can say she is much more straight forward here, in an alternative country rock style. The album is recorded by Ned Oldham (Palace Brothers) and has its own kind of evening country-ballad mood.

Homepage : http://www.jodiemarston.com/

Other reviews : http://www.foxydigitalis.com/foxyd/review_detail.php?id=986

Review : http://www.wbur.org/arts/2004/49593_20040114.asp

Singers/Singer-Songwriters presents :

Jodie Jean Marston

CD (2004), CD (2005)

Secret Eye    Jodie Jean Marston (US,2004)°

This is stripped down to a sticky slow country- and folk singer-songwriter “blue” style, with basically acoustic guitars (,banjo) and voice, with some flute (by Jasper Spiecher), bass (by Bobby Arellano of Havanarama & Palace Brothers ; -Bonnie Prince Billie and Jodie's former group Rainywood toured together-). I have a hard time with one element of Jodie’s voice because she has these kinds of flat nasal overtone drone repetitions in her singing that frankly give me a headache. When she isn't pushing her voice much, like she does less on a track like "Ocean" it becomes nicer. “Blackberry Water” has some voice arrangements.

Info : http://www.jodiemarston.com/ & http://www.secreteye.org/se/artists/jodiejeanmarston.html

with this release : http://www.secreteye.org/se/a09.html

Other reviews : http://www.losingtoday.com/reviews.php?review_id=992 & http://juniperflux.tblog.com/ & http://www.jodiemarston.com/reviews.html

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