See a beautiful performance: Sally Jaye!
Here's why...
After departing from the eclectic and ever-soulful Paper Sun, Sally Jaye recently launched a poignant solo album that promises to melt hearts and turn heads. Although I to resist applying a metaphor to an artist who is, at times, more beautiful than poetry, I can't help likening Sally's new album "Amarillo" to a very hot cup of tea: wonder how it can be so steamy and wholesome at the same; borrow from it when you're in need of warmth, soothing, or the shot of caffeine that will push you to do better things; sit very still with it for a while and it'll reflect a clear view of yourself.
Although it is often stated that an album can transport the listener- to happier times, to a place where all that matters in life is a song and a dream- Sally's sound is unusual in that it combines edgy city-inspired writing with the kind of familial story-telling that can only be born from porch swings by sunset in Georgia. Scenes from her life, which are spread between the South and two coasts, between six guitar strings and your ears, are so graphic that while you are listening, you must remind yourself that you are not actually driving across state lines, do not actually feel the dust from cotton fields in your face, are not dancing across your lover's floor in a satin dress, cannot feel the beat and heat of Sunset boulevard.
Take her honesty and voice and let them break your heart in one song and reconstruct it in the next. Above all though, do not take this artist for granted. With good people behind her and a spotlight ahead, fans should await much deserved growth from Sally Jaye, and as a result of this growth, many many more incredible songs.
Check out Sally Jaye at www.myspace.com/sallyjaye and purchase "Amarillo" at www.cdbaby.com.
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