Emily Hurd
The Barefoot Session
© 2006 Emily Hurd (877319000492)
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A little blues, a little gypsy, a little soul—Emily has comfortably arrived at a musical place that’s all her own.
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Big soul. The Owen Township native started singing and playing the piano at age 7. She is releasing two records in 2008: “A Cache In The Warehouse Floor” and "Daytime Fireflies." Never ceasing to deliver cutting lyrics and punchy vocals, the wordsmith writes with an honesty that belies her age.
Her previous releases include 2005: Lines, 2006: Potent One, The Barefoot Session, 2007: Love In Flats. Traces of Hoagy Carmichael, Otis Redding, Janis Joplin, Tom Waits, and Solomon Burke float through her records as they surely floated through her childhood. Still, Hurd’s live show is the best way to catch her.
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Perhaps her best recording!
author: Derek EmersonEmily Hurd always sounds great (be sure to catch her live). This CD reflects more of that immediate sense she displays when playing live. This is a CD you will return to again and again.
Super!
author: mary g.We first read about Emily in the local rag. After going to CD Baby and being blown away, we saw her live. She's so natural; we loved this cd.
Can't wait for more
author: EJGreat variation in style and complexity - I bought the cd for my parents after hearing Emily live, and they love it too (they compared some songs to Joplin) We're so excited to listen as Emily's career takes off!
Amazing!
author: Brian ShermanEmily is one of the best up and coming singer/songwriters out there. I've had the opportunity to see her live many times and allthough this CD is Awesome, she is even better live. If you get the chance I highly recommend seeing her!
The teetering-on-the-edge vibe of a live performance
author: Andy Downing, Chicago Tribune"The record is built around Hurd's brassy pipes and spirited piano playing, which waltzes and struts like a coy suitor on "I Don't Know How to Leave You Alone" and swings like a Prohibition-era speak-easy on "Taxes." The songs touch on universal themes of love and loneliness, Hurd belting like Russian-American piano-pop diva Regina Spektor on "Prove Me Wrong" and exhaling the words like hazy smoke rings on "Just In Case." "Recorded live in just under five hours one afternoon this past April at North Branch Studios, the album maintains the teetering-on-the-edge vibe of a live performance."