| | Amel Larrieux Bravebird CD Amel Larrieux Discography of CDs
 (10 Customer Reviews)
Throughout the satisfying album, she uses her immense talents to their utmost over an assortment of sultry tunes, each born out of the love between herself and her husband and co-writer, Laru. This bond lends an aura of impenetrable sincerity to compositions like "We Can Be New" with its images of trees intertwining. The most blissfully naked moment is "Sacred," where over a gradually more insistent acoustic guitar, she channels Janis Ian, languorously musing about the world, concluding, "maybe there never was [anything sacred] at all" with perfect understatement--a sweet, simple, honest notion that exemplifies a softly powerful record.
2004 sophomore album for the former vocalist of Groove Theory. Rolling Stones says Bravebird is '..one of the most off-the-hook new soul albums in years.' 12 tracks. Bliss Life Records.
Songwriter-vocalist Amel Larrieux's style is as multihued as the Greenwich Village neighborhood of New York in which she was raised. Knocking around in the mix are the elasticity and heartbreak of Billie Holiday's jazz, the deep soul of post-Motown R&B circa the Isley Brothers, the defiance of country rockers like Bonnie Raitt, and the modern urban-pop know-how of Alicia Keys. Amel first garnered attention as the singing half of critically acclaimed jazz-tinged R&B duo Groove Theory, and the music continues that line on much of her second album, BRAVEBIRD, particularly on funky message-songs such as "Giving Something Up" and the African-scat/hip-hop hybrid "Congo."
Producers: Laru Larrieux, Threadhead, Basho Ink, Amel Larrieux.
Rolling Stone (2/5/04, pp.56-7) - 3.5 stars out of 5 - "[L]arrieux brings together the grit of the Roots and the elegance of Sade....[O]ne of the most off-the-hook new soul albums in years." Amel Larrieux Bravebird Songs Bravebird Music Review Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews don't sleep on Amel!
Ever since groove theory, i've been stuck on her. Her sweet, honey vocals soar over her complex melodies and music. It's too bad the radio companies aren't willing to take a risk and showcase her talents because the rest of the world is missing out!
This CD was great. It's different, and unique, and the songs MEAN something. (which i find is lacking in many artists today)
Submitted by MzChin (Toronto, ON) 
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 You Got To Buy This CD.
Child is fantastic! Not only that she's positive and spiritual, but she got talents. Even her nine year-old daughter Sky is the drummer throught out the whole album!
I'm telling you, if you want to listen to real music, get the CD.
Submitted by kimberlygrandison2001 (New York City)
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Lav Ya!
Her style is dope, she always give me something to think about! I wanted more beats from her production crew, that is where her voice shines!
Submitted by air_always (Chicago)
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Beautiful voice
She needs air time. Had never heard of her till a friend tipped me off
Submitted by Sag2734 (Det. MI. USA)
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I've been waiting for this album for 5 years, ever since I heard a demo for "Bravebird", the title track. 5 years later, it's the freshest song on the disc. On the rest of the disc, Amel is her moody, introspective self, which is not a bad thing... It'll be nice to see her stretch a bit more, though. Nice music, away from the mainstream.
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Purchase Bravebird CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Amel Larrieux Infinite Possibilities CD (2000)
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Formerly the singer from the 1990s dance-electronica duo Groove ...
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Additional personnel includes: Ursula Rucker (spoken vocals); James Poyser (various instruments); Doc Gibbs (percussion); King Britt (programming).
From Frank Sinatra to Britney Spears, popular music's most visible figures have often represented Western culture's obsession with youth, physical beauty and the pursuit of short-term romance over committed monogamous relationships. Apparently hoping to reverse the trend, with SURRENDER TO LOVE Kindred The Family Soul delivers what may be the first modern mainstream album to so fully, genuinely. and unpretentiously embrace the concept of hearth, home and family. Using a spare, easy-flowing old school soul duet template of the type employed to great effect by Gaye/Terrel, Flack/Hathaway and Labelle/Womack, Aja Graydon and ...
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But Dwele is made of more contemporary stuff. He's a rapper who's found his singing voice, though the only time his hip-hop roots really show is in the tumbling lyrics to the coming-of-age song "Twuneanunda" and the title track. Mostly he's a smoothly sophisticated singer with a canny sense of what works in an arrangement, and while he obviously has deep ...
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Born in Accra, and raised in Wales, Ghana and India and the UK where she is now settled, Rhian grew up in a very musical environment. Her Welsh mother was an accomplished singer, and her father, an Ashanti naval officer, is a gifted guitarist. Rhian started playing piano at the age of nine and picked up guitar soon after and before long, a budding singer songwriter. Behind the warm and honeyed voice is a sharp mind, Rhian gained an economics degree at the London School of Economics and worked in banking in the City for a time, a somewhat stark contrast to her own desires for a life in music. Her studies continued at Harvard in America, until her mother fell ill and Rhian returned home to care for her ailing mother. With time to think she found healing and release in music and decided to chase her singing dreams, feeling as though it was a risk worth taking in order to dance her heart’s dreams into life. Numerous open mic nights and various club slots in London followed and she found her voice often compared to Sade and Lauryn Hill. One night after a show Rhian was offered a deal by an executive from Los Angeles based ...
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THE STORY OF MC. TOOLBOXXI started off in life as a popular reject amongst my peers. I couldn’t go outside my gate until I was 18 (strict parents). So I decided to find a way to escape my reality. I decided to use my Dad’s toolbox to break out of the gate. It didn’t work, but something better happened to me.One day my ‘prison break’ attempt was cut short when I dropped the toolbox on the ground. There was an amazing sound that transpired! It was a harmonic sound that left me frozen. I decided, from that moment, that I didn’t mind being locked up in my house like a caged Refugee. I started using the tools as instruments, and all of a sudden…A STAR WAS BORN!I became a slave to the toolbox. I would get home from school and write rhymes to the sound of Hammers, Monkey Wrenches and Screwdrivers hitting my bedroom floor (no carpet). I no longer need friends (well, I actually didn’t have any friends) because I had my tools!When I was finally allowed to go outside, I took my toolbox everywhere! (Man, that thing was heavy!!!) Anyway, people would laugh at me and call me ToolBox so I decided to add M.C. to the moniker.I gained my respect when I came across a neighborhood hip hop cipher between the 2 best rappers in my Suburb. I decided to interrupt their battle and challenge them both! You guessed right!!! I destroyed them both ...
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