Customer Reviews
From Small Beginnings......... - By: John Cassidy, 27 Aug 2008 
Was wondering what to buy recently when I saw a review of this album & an interview with the singerin a sunday magazine.Turns out that this is a brilliant album,and has traces of blues,gospel,pop,country,and a touch of the brilliant Karen Carpenter about it.
Stand-out tracks for me include the intense deep gospel of Nobody's Fault But Mine & One Cloud,and the lighter yet still uplifting pop of So Sublime & i Shall Be Released.
A varied collection thenin some ways,yet with a pleasing undercurrent of blues running throughout the whole album to string it all together & give it a sense of identity.
Really uplifting & at times extremely powerful! For once the hype may be justified!
Disappointed - By: John R. Woolmore, 24 Jul 2008 
I think I must have bought a different album to the one Chris McKenna reviewed. I was expecting an album with a range of vocal talents but what I heard was a reasonably nice album with nothing outstanding from the mass of young white female singers currently extant after the demise of Eva Cassidy. There is not one track I can recall as compulsive replay. I suppose I could just about hear the Carla Anderson influence but she (Carla) has a certain je ne sais quoi that black "soul" singers have. Where is the Amy Winehouse/early Motown/Blues rawness?
I'm sorry but Ms Rowley has a nice voice & sings mid range songs very well but she has to develop a different style to achieve lasting popularity.
I shuffled this album with Madeleine Peyroux, Catherine Russell & other similar artists & my friends could not tell the difference. After that I gave the CD away & bought Alice Russell instead - now she's versatile. . .
Beautiful voice and some top tracks but a few poor ones - By: C. Rees, 23 Jul 2008 I bought this album based on 3 songs I had heard which are superb.
There are a few others that are ok but a lot of mediocre maybe boring onesin comparison fill the rest of the album.
Knowing this I would probably have downloaded the 3 great tracks individually.
Great new talent - By: JR Latham, 01 Jul 2008 
A superb album - an exciting new voice, on both the cover versions & the originals, & confident handling of several genres (I don't find the current 'blues singer' pigeon-holing very helpful, although she can handle this genre well). OK, she probably can develop a bit more edge & drive & surely will, but she's well on the way. Strongly recommended!
Great voice, bigger potential - By: Gloucestershire Echo, 23 Jun 2008 She's got a great voice & can handle a range of styles with ease.
Her pop radio songs are somewhat misleading as her handling of blues & gospel numbers on this album is exceptional.
Yes, there are echoes of other great female artists here, but her voice & style is distinctive & good enough to ensure she doesn't get consigned to the 'if you like this, you'll love this' category.
A refreshing new talent & voicein a sea of increasing pop mediocrity.
