Nicole Baguer
Not Your Girl
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This 35:00 plus minute debut disc gives us a good sampling of up-and-coming, young singer’s, Nicole Baguer, potential. She wrote all 10 songs on the disc and they show a remarkable depth and promise. There are times when the voice is overshadowed by the production work on this disc, which is a shame as it seems she has a voice that has a lot of possibilities and an innate feel for some of the material. The production sometimes doesn’t always allow this feel to come through. This is the mistake sometimes of a young, or inexperienced singer listening to someone with more experience, but an ego need to fulfill. There are traces and influences of a lot of theatre in her voice and delivery, this can either work for her or be a detriment depending on the material selected and it is about a 50/50 split here. The theatre
work at times seems to rob the voice of a richness and fullness that is much more apparent when the theatre training doesn't get in the way and her voice bursts forth with all its power. This material demands a full strong voice that has a depth to it, and there are a couple of times here that the afore mentioned obstacles get in the way, and her voice gets lost and does not carry the conviction the songs require to put it over effectively fortunately this is not always the case. All this said there is some real promise for this young singer.