Dani Nash –
S/T (Blocks Recording
Club)
There’s something instantly appealing about Dani
Nash, especially as the Toronto based singer-songwriter brings to mind renowned
artists like Lucinda Williams and Maria McKee on her ten track, self-titled debut.
Professional, feisty and full of confidence, she’s
fashioned a collection of songs with plentiful, classic country grit, bounteous
pop hooks and more than enough sass to spare. Her songs certainly don’t hang
around, and it’s all over far to quickly in less than half an hour, but when
that’s the only complaint that can be mustered, she’s obviously doing most
things right.
Nash has a wonderful talent for writing (and
performing) songs that immediately get under the skin. Upbeat and direct, it
was Nick Lowe who said “it’s an enormous amount of work to make a song sound
like you’ve just knocked it off”, and there’s an easiness to Nash’s writing
that suggests she’s put the hours in.
Opening cut “Any Old Kind” sets the scene with a
loose, shuffling arrangement and a thoroughly addictive lyric. “Messin' N' Runnin' Around” has already been compared
to both JJ Cale and Loretta Lynne, and “Fever Is Gone”
introduces an unnamed male vocalist for the country duet of the year. Nice
fiddle-work, too.
“Dynamite” is just
that, and taps into the retro ‘50s rock ‘n’ roll of Imelda May, while final
track “I'll Be the One” supplements the
collection with a little noirish romantic intrigue.
Phil S.
Dani Nash –
Messin' N' Runnin' Around / Since I Broke Your Heart
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