Bent Pussycat Rec. Kathy Fleischmann : Unresolved (US,2003)*°'
Kathy’s release has on one or two early tracks some inspirations leaning towards a slightly Americana style. A few others are nearer to a blues-folk inspiration. Her third angle however, and my favourite, which she has most often, is a song inspiration in a sensitive independent folk singer-songwriting style tradition. With various of such like songs I can easily be reminded of Joni Mitchell, like on “5 Clock Shadow”, or on “Where in the World” where she recorded an arrangement of her own voice, with multi-tracked dubbed backing vocals, something Joni Mitchell did similarly. Perhaps even on “Bluer than Chicago” some people would recognise at least some similarity with Joni’s voice style. And I can even mention the same recollection during the beautiful “Closure”. Also “Dreaming European” is nice and sensitive in a feminine way, with lead Spanish ? guitar by Kevin McLeod, who leads most of the acoustic guitar pieces. A song like “Robbing Peter” shows well her multi-coloured voice abilities. Also “Lyrics to a song” surely is as nice as this. “Travellers” is the only country-ish song, near the end. This third release of hers really has many nice songs..
Kathy Fleischmann : Unresolved (US,2003)*°'