Bay Area Reporter :: Gold miner: Singer-songwriter Melissa Carper
There's so much to recommend about Daddy's Country Gold, the dazzling new album by out singer/songwriter Melissa Carper, it's hard to know where to begin. Carper's distinctive vocal style not only recalls the sounds of vintage classic country, but it also suggests Billie Holiday, especially in the Western Swing of "Making Memories" and "I Almost Forgot About You," which has the potential to become a jazz standard. Throughout the album Carper honors country music tropes - "My Old Chevy Van" is a song about a beloved vehicle, while "Back When" and "Many Moons Ago" recall the tradition of look...
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