 Special
Review Edition
Someone’s Sister - Debut CD
Release - Hand Me Downs
By Annette Warner
It can’t be compared at all
to anything out there already, but move over Indigo Girls! There is a
brand new pair of chick singer-songwriters that are well on their way to
a well deserved place among the best of the best in Women’s Music.
Easily among the sweetest and thoroughly heartfelt listening experiences
a true melody lover can expect, the first pro-release of Someone’s
Sister, “Hand Me Downs”, is an accomplished, well produced and
triumphant return for the hard work shared by both writer’s whom
contributed their works equally towards the completion of this
never-been-done recording.
This diverse and captivating mixture of 12
insightful and courageous tunes have garnered impressive sales quickly
heading to a second duplication run already in the 3 weeks since its
release and are selling faster than the girls can play the songs
included. “Hand Me Downs” captures the life and spirit of an incredible
and diverse mix of personal experiences between Katherine Jones and
Georgia Winfree. While musically simple, the end result of this project
is that of a listener friendly and emotionally unbridled collection of
moody, even humorous and soulfully introspective views of where they
have been, where they are and where they are going as individuals. But,
strangely enough…although the duo is certainly on many different paths,
they are going somewhere…together.
Touchingly sensitive without being overbearingly
emotional, the over-all message through-out is parlayed as one of
strength and survival, in cuts like “I’m Still Here” where Georgia
knowingly seeks life-changing solaces in her journey through a
torrential down pour of personal emotions in her quest for personal
healing. This remarkably therapeutic song encases an onslaught of
iron-clad respect for her childhood past as she understands its
potential value to her sought after future of helping those who have
suffered abuse. “One in three children is abused across the world
everyday…and I won’t stop singing until the crying stops.” Georgia’s
passionate, soulful voice is finally being heard as a testament to her
personal defiance against the odds she has fought and won. And that
positive act of defiance serves to label her nothing short of being… a
true survivor.
The other half of this welcoming duo; Katherine
Jones, brings to the CD a positive, yet realistic, perspective on life
with a thoughtful view of life’s tiny treasures not to be taken
advantage of in the process of healing. Or, let’s just say… living
period, in the laid back and reflective mood of her cut “Another Rainy
Day”, Katherine’s tribute to the 9/11 disaster. This melodic trail of
compelling thoughts permits you to really appreciate and grasp the
inner-belief that life is truly short and deserves to be lived to the
fullest with everyone you cherish. Katherine’s music is as much of a
positive energy force as one could desire to listen to. And after all,
it’s the simple things that really matter in the end and Katherine
communicates that thought very well in her sweet and somewhat jazzy
vocal style.
It’s rare to witness two
completely different people perfecting the art of collaboration and
sharing of artistic respect, vocally and as writers but when these two
dynamic talents for songwriting and vocal expression come together, it’s
proves to be melodically touching and filled with a knowing confidence
that life gets better when, as individuals… we decide it needs to. |
