CD Review – Kelley Ryan (perfect acoustic folk)
Twist
Manatee Records
After four albums fronting astroPuppees, lead singer Kelley Ryan goes out on her own and has created the best female folk record of this short year. Ryan’s whimsical sound is especially gorgeous on “Bleeding a Girl” and she does a stellar cover of Beck’s “Lost Cause.” This is perfect for anybody who likes Linda Draper, Indigo Girls, Mindy Smith or any of the hundreds of other female folkers in between.
Previously: CD Review – Evacuate Chicago

January 30th, 2010 at 9:53 pm
[...] places in the pantheon of modern music. I found out about Kelley Ryan through a short review in Straight No Chaser, who called the one-time astroPuppees frontwoman’s solo debut Twist, “the best female [...]