Sommers’ delivery is clear-voiced and unaffected, and the simplicity of her approach serves to enhance the understated emotional punch of her songs. Managing to convey loss, heartbreak, and doubt without wallowing in self-pity is usually the province of older songwriters, but it’s a task she accomplishes neatly on both albums.
So if you find yourself in the mood for songs in an acoustic vein that manage to be simultaneously simple and sophisticated, combining richly drawn lyrics with melodic hooks that will soon have you singing along quietly, these two beautifully played and sung albums are a nice place to start. It’s the kind of music that creeps up on you quietly and takes you pleasantly by surprise.
Flying Through and Hypnotized are both available through CD Baby. You can find tour dates for Naomi Sommers on her MySpace page.
Article comments
1 - DJRadiohead
Very well done, Lisa. It's great to see you getting time to write some music again.
2 - Lisa McKay
Coming from you, I take that as a serious compliment, so thank you very much, DJ.
I'm finally learning that it's a matter of literally taking the time - in lieu of doing other things - rather than waiting for my schedule to clear. Some lessons are learned slowly.
3 - tink
glad I checked this out...sounds like an artist I'm going to have to add to my collection.
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5 - Connie Phillips
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