Sherma Andrews Discography of CDs

Sherma Andrews songs Track Listing of songs: Run; Something 'Bout the Way You Love Me; You'll Never Know; Lost; Here; You; Daddy; Insane; Rain; Guilty; Talk To Me; Looking For Something; ...

Sherma Andrews CD discography Martin Sexton's acoustic singer/songwriter routine is just one of many flavors here; along with Motown-style R&B, sweeping pop ballads, gypsy fiddling, blues, and jazz, there's even a little rapping. The genre jumping works surprisingly well. Producer Crit Harmon sequences the switches with sensitivity and class, and gives the set a consistent sound -- warm, spontaneous, grounded in acoustics, deeply soulful. Vocally, Sexton handles the stylistic gymnastics with extravagant ease. He'll belt out a tune with all the velvet bombast of Wonder, retreat to a Billie Holiday warble, ascend to an Aaron Neville falsetto, then swagger his way home like Ray Charles or Johnny Popper. There is, however, a cost for his expanded palette: originality. Such soulful singing is rarely set against a sparse folk background (which is often associated with off-key eccentrics like Bob Dylan and Neil Young). ...

Sherma Andrews albums Director: Hal Weary. Personnel: David Olson (vocals, guitar); Richard Arrigo, Laurent Medelgi (guitar); Cenovia Cummins , Belinda Whitney (violin); Stephanie Cummins (cello); Kevin Presutti (flute, oboe, English horn); Andy Snitzer (saxophone); Kent Smith (trumpet); Michael Davis (trombone); Chris LoPresto (organ, keyboards, keyboard bass, background vocals); Wes Little, Larry Steppler, Jay Dittamo (drums); Sherma Andrews, Kathryn Raio (background vocals). Recording information: Sonic Park Recording Studio, Paramus, NJ.