Search - Pieta Brown :: Remember the Sun

Wish she would show more development as an artist

Rushmore | CHICAGO, IL United States | 01/23/2008

(3 out of 5 stars)

"I am a devoted Greg Brown fan and have seen Pieta in concert with her dad a few times. In my opinion the new CD suffers from comparison to her earlier work. Much of it sounds a lot like her older songs, and when she does try to rock out a little more it doesn't work for me. I did like the song "In My Mind I Was Talking to Loretta," but beyond that it's just background music. She has a distinctive smoky voice but is hit-or-miss as a composer. Hopefully her best work is still to come."

Alt-Country's Rickie Lee Jones

Timothy P. Young | Rawlins, WY, USA | 07/06/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Pieta Brown's album, "Remember the Sun" is equal parts alt-country and jazzy inflections, capped off by a voice not unlike Rickie Lee Jones, only without the really high pitched stuff.



Brown takes the jazz-pop trail through about half of the songs on this album, including the opener "Innocent Blue" and the amazing "Song For a Friend." Both of these songs feature simple yet provocative melodies coupled with well-written lyrics and Brown's wonderful, evocative vocals. She takes a line that could sound cliched: "Just a song for a friend, and I hope we meet again" and propels it into an effective, emotional moment without getting histrionic.



The alt-country aspects of this album are just as good, particularly her tune "In My Mind I Was Talking to Loretta." From the lyrical focus ('divorce and pills are commonplace'), I assume the song is directed towards Loretta Lynn, but that's pure speculation on my part. The song itself is a nice country stew that resembles the Cowboy Junkies more uptempo tunes. And of course, there's that wonderful voice.



At other points through the album she affects a languid, swampy light blues sound (if that makes sense) that augments the other tunes.



It may seem as if the album sounds fragmented, with many different styles creating a lurching track to track disparity, but that's not the case. Each song flows neatly into the next, and her jazzy stylings fit snugly against her alt-country leanings. And, of course, there's that wonderful voice.



"Remember the Sun" shows that Pieta Brown has great talent and potential to get even better. Fingers crossed for her future success."

Pieta Brown , Remeber the Sun

William T. Gartland | Charlotte, NC USA | 01/07/2009

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Excellent song writing, vocals & musical performances! Original with some influences of Sheryl Crowe & Lucinda Williams. highly recommended."