Well, Venue Magazine have delivered on their promise and provided a review of my album “You Should Know” in their last issue. If you didn’t get to read it, don’t worry you didn’t miss much really. I’m not ungrateful, it’s not bad. And certainly I don’t expect to righteously garner glowing review after glowing review.  Music, afterall, like all art comes down to a matter of taste. I know that I can put on what I think is my best show with my best work and less than half the room may like it. That’s cool – I’ll take that chance just to reach the portion of the audience that do. I guess perhaps I’m perplexed. I have been compared a lot over the years to the likes of Alanis Morisette, Joni Mitchell and Dido. I cannot fathom why. And so predictably I’ve again been confronted with the very un-original comparisons with those same apparitions. For one thing the reviewer seems to feel that You Should Know owes it’s title to an Alanis song .. er, hello? that’s my title track luv! And also it’s meant by way of an introduction – this being a debut album an’ all. Where the hell did Alanis come in?

sigh. .  . well, there’s some meaningful critique in there which I’ll take on board to some extent – this is what I look for in a review, alongside a few helpful sound-bytes if I’m lucky and a bit of PR. Therefore, though I remain genuinely befuddled by the somewhat sweeping comparisons made, I will happily take the following:

“there is an overall quality here that defies nit-picking”

Ta!

I’d be interested to hear from anyone who’s heard me live or on cd / on air who they think I could be likened / compared to. Ideas anyone? Post a comment or send me a message If you agree with Venue – tell me why! If you have other suggestions, these will be happily received! x Bj