Sophie Zelmani - Precious Burden (1998) Lossless

It's amazing the number of artists that the labels manage to sign and then essentially ignore - no, I'm not one to rail against disposable pop as pop has its own place and can be still enjoyed - but Ms. Zelmani is a full fledged artist but seems to have been casually ignored by the record label - presumably because her music is not easily pigeon-holed by some playlist generating machine. She is an acoustic-folk-twee-roots country-A3 sing-songwriter that's also a little rock 'n 'roll. Her songs mini epics and heart-achingly personal but never obvious nor clichéd. And PRECIOUS BURDEN is by an adult writing for adults - music that is not easy to sing along to but sets the mood for most of your meloncoly days. And unlike many CD's where you just want.