Paula Sinclair
Steady Girl
New West Records
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This singer/songwriter has a voice that exudes a strength that the listener can feel runs to her core being. On this, her fourth recording, she wrote, co-wrote, 7 of the 11 songs, and very ably puts her stamp on the others. This Kentucky raised and now Portland, Oregon based performer lets the raw emotion of the song come flowing out of her mouth with a muscular power that is both brazen/brassy and at the same time vulnerable and touching. The music ranges from alt-country, to Country, mixing in some Rock and Roll, and slipping into some Bluegrass; however there is no slipping or waffling on the sound. It seems that strength that is in her voice is also in the control room. She is assisted on this disc by the stellar
playing of Tony Furtado, among others, who is on banjo, slide guitar and dojo (it is a cross between a dobro and a banjo; one very cool instrument with a great sound), production by Rob Stroup and she so-writes with the associate producer Rob Barteletti. A very interesting voice that has a strength, you might think Chrissie Hynde, and power in it that belies her petite size.