Erica Smith

Erica Smith | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 15, 2001)
• Original Release Date: December 15, 2001
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Listen Here!
• ASIN: B00006I4WA
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,320,501 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Coffeehouse Folk, June 14, 2007

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Lee Armstrong (Winterville, NC United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Erica Smith (Audio CD)

Erica Smith's debut CD from 2001 is a folk music gem that hearkens back to the folk era of the early 1960s when Bob Dylan, Eric Von Schmidt & Peter, Paul & Mary did gigs at coffeehouses. Although other musicians guest on the disc, it is predominately Erica's guitar and unadorned voice singing songs in a traditional folk style. She sings Greg Brown's "Driftless" with a forlorn wistfulness that brings out the beauty of the simple melody and lovely lyric, "Let us cry all of our tears, cry them all out now; Let them flow down & clean all the rivers; And the evening sky is the reason why I'm going driftless." Rebecca Hall's "Come Around" sparkles with Smith's tender touch. "No More, My Lord" is a gospel tune with Alison Kelley on harmonies in a vocal rendering of spiritual dedication to doing the will of God. Erica wrote "Love You All the Way," a sweet melody & lyric that articulates romantic devotion. The CD concludes with Gillian Welch & David Rawling's "By the Mark." With only eight tracks, this independent recording is short & sweet. It is well worth exploring for fans of the traditional folk sound. Enjoy!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple and graceful, December 10, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Erica Smith (Audio CD)

I like this record. It reminds me of Judy Collins and Joan Baez. I listen to it a lot and the whole family enjoys it.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good CD - just not enough of it, November 1, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Erica Smith (Audio CD)

This was my first time to buy an Erica Smith CD, and while I really enjoyed the music, I was disappointed with the brevity of it. The CD is less than 24 minutes from start to finish. Good music often leaves us with a sense of wanting more, but this product left me feeling like I was short changed as well.