Kasey Chambers - Little Bird

Kasey Chambers - Award-winning, multi-platinum-selling Australian alt-country singer/ songwriter returns with the belated U.S. release of her first album of solo material since '06's Carnival...Patty Griffin and Missy Higgins guest...2002 album Barricade and Brick Walls sold 7x platinum Down Under on the strength of the #1 single: "Not Pretty Enough... new album, released last fall internationally, entered the Aussie charts at #3... // Release: Little Bird (July 12, Sugarhill) // Sounds like: Chambers' girlish voice, an acquired taste over the years, has mellowed and matured while her songwriting has sharpened while expanding beyond her early insecure melancholy, "Not Pretty Enough" now moving to self-acceptance and empowerment...it's truly a headscratcher why Chambers isn't a bigger player in the U.S. alt-country and Americana scene: this is classic, often impeccable roots/pop songcraft // Quote: “I started remembering how I felt when I wrote "Not Pretty Enough" ...I still have moments like that, of feeling insecure and unsure, but I feel differently about that now. I feel stronger and more powerful, not willing to compromise so much." // What we like: by turns poignant and sunny, reflective and boisterously optimistic, it's hard not be drawn to the simply infectious "Beautiful Mess" (with Higgins on harmonies), tender-hooked title track and coffeehouse folk vibe of "Somewhere"...

Kasey Chambers - "Someone Like Me" (from Little Bird)

Kasey Chambers - "Somewhere" (from Little Bird)