Customer Reviews

No Will Power

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My Husband and I just saw Kat last night performing with Shannon Curfman and Lennon Murphy - my God she was wonderful. Her voice is amazing and she's a REAL musician - that's right kids a performer who writes AND plays instruments.

We bought her CD there (got her autograph too) and listened to it twice on the way home.

Excellent artist - highly highly recommended.

Come back to Philly Kat!!! And you should have been the headliner! Tisha

This CD is so beautifully written and performed, it leaves me awestruck. Kat Parsons is a true talent. Her songs touch the soul and her voice touches the heavens. Keep up the good work Kat. We need to hear more from you. If you want to really enjoy this CD, buy it, put it on your CD player, close your eyes, and travel on the vividly soulful journey on which Kat Parsons and her lovely music take you!

In the liner notes for the CD, it thanks her fans who helped finance the project by buying advance copies before she had recorded a note. Parsons has a lovely voice that effortlessly reaches both her higher register and the strong midrange where her voice is resonant and sweet. On "Go Find Her" she sings expressively, bursting with emotion on an excellent breakup song, "Leavin' you was hard; Seein' how well you survive without me was harder. You slowly grow away from me. You should 'cause I can't keep you anymore." "To Return to You" is also excellent with a great build and Kat's vocals determined as her piano builds the emotional frenzy. She concludes the set with George & Ira Gershwin's "Someone to Watch Over Me," copyright credited from 1926. Kat shines on the standard with Dustin Morgan's upright bass giving it a classic jazz small combo feel. The second track "Miss Me" does not really appeal to me with its reference to body odor, "I want you to taste me when you breathe, to smell my scent on your sheets." Some of the other tracks also miss the mark for me like "Standing Still" & "Mistakes." So while the songwriting is uneven, the singer is well worth hearing. Some of it is excellent; and some of it is not. Enjoy!

."No Will Power" is a gem of an album. This album is a great introduction to this wonderful talent from LA that I've had the chance to see live. The production qulaity is first rate. She has a unique style all her own that stands up well alongside artists like Michelle Branch, Natalie Merchant and 70's Linda Ronstadt.

I listened to Kat's Cd while I was working at her college booking agency and I fell in love with her sound. I usually prefer male artists but Kat's music was such a pleasant surprise! She's definitely on to something here! It's only a matter of time before she is completely well known!

This is one of those albums that you can listen to over and over and never get tired of it. I've actually purchased about 5 or 6 copies of this because I would loan it to friends and never get it back. They enjoyed it so much that I basically gifted it to them.

I've been fortunate enough to have been to a few of Kat Parsons' shows when she was in the Los Angeles area. Her songs are as wonderful performed live as they are recorded on the CD. She has an incredible vocal range. One night she was in Room 5, a lounge over Amalfi restaurant in L.A. and was doing a cover of Susan Tedeschi's hit "It Hurt So Bad". I happened to be at the foot of the stairs when Kat was belting it out. Her voice was so powerful and so full of emotion that I noticed everyone in the restaurant, customers and staff alike, stopped to listen.

This is one CD that you will enjoy for years to come.

I was given this CD as a gift. Although her voice is pleasing at times, the songs basically are amateurish and not memorable. With some help, she has potential but for now I give it a thumbs down.

Jon