![]() ![]() If that's about music as a rock to cling to, it's clear that there's been times when she's come close to drowning. ![]() Looking back to herself as a 15 year old with "a bashed up guitar" and a "big head full of big time thoughts," about getting to Nashville and singing with James and Jackson, and of a glittering career of Grammys and Hollywood, she wonders why, 15 years later "it's all gone wrong." But, she adds, "you're never going to stop me from singing those songs". It name checks Chet Atkins, Roy Orbison and the Everlys, and there's another nod to heroes and influences on the acoustic strummed These Are The Songs. The latter looms large on the second track, Nashville, where "there's music in the water" and she declares she's "going to drink me some slow southern beats". So titled because she was pregnant during recording (two days and first takes), the Bristol born, Wales based singer-songwriter's fourth album is a highly introspective and reflective affair, musing on missed or lost opportunities and dealing either with relationships or the dream and pursuit of a musical career. ![]()
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