Americana Gazette reviews BEAUTIFUL and WILD

AMELIA WHITE

BEAUTIFUL and WILD

Amelia White is an artist from East Nashville. She isa fantastic songwriter and performer. On this CD she is backed by some very top notch musicians.Marco Giovino drums, Ron Eoff bass, Doug Lancio guitars, Joe McMahan guitars, and Billy Earheart keys. These folks bring Beautiful & Wild alive with moving textures and phrasing.

The songs on Beautiful & Wild show the wide breadth of material Amelia White is capable of covering. From slow burning rockers to straight Americana she can do it all. She wrote or co-wrote 10 of the eleven songson this CD. The recordings are near perfect in form and representation of this fine collection of songs. It is always a joy to listen to songs cut in East Nashville. The songs are never over produced or slick in production. Just gutsy fantastic music by truly talented people and this CD does not disappointment.

My favorite cuts on this CD are Lonely Sound, Beautiful and Wild, Molten Fire, and Rider Ghost. These songs to me really represented White’s ability to transcend music genre lines, and appeal to the masses, and they are damn good songs! If I had to compare White’s style I would say Lucinda Williams without the hype. A great songwriter, great communicator, and great stylists that truly represent the fine music recorded and pre-served here. This is a wonderfully entertaining CD and I really, really enjoyed it!  Contact white at ameliawhite.com and get yourself a copy of Beautiful and Wild. You won’t be sorry!!!!

The album comes out Feb. 28th in the U.S... but Jan. 23rd in UK/Europe

Review by: Andy Ziehli