There is a gentle beauty to this set. It also showcases a lot of artistry. Jeri Silverman’s voice is quite pretty and capable of delivering emotion and power, while still maintaining a vulnerability. The music is in the folk meets pop vein. Comparisons to acts like Suzanne Vega, Rickie Lee Jones and others are appropriate. If there is a problem here it’s that there isn’t quite enough variety. Sure, there are changes from song to song, but the variance in terms of tempo and volume level isn’t very wide even when you take all the tracks into consideration. That makes it feel a bit samey. It still stands tall, but part of that is the fact that’s it’s not as lengthy as a full album. Going forward, Sliverman would do well to bring some differing tempos and volume levels into play.

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Folk music, electronica and modern pop rock all merge here. This is artistic and creative. It’s also passionate. I love the changes in the song structure. The vocal performance really sells it, too. The multi-layered vocal arrangement is great.