Urban Folk music reviews

Although this dynamic duo gets plenty of Indigo Girls references, Divine Maggees certainly exhibits enough pluck and tenacity to rock their own boots. Welding childish imagery to incontestably advanced instrumentation and seasoned songwriting, these ladies evidently put aside all little white gloves to roll up their sleeves and produce an unshakable album. Leaden with multiplying sonic tiers and deliciously supple vocal harmonies, the pair's new release Love Me Like the Roses weaves effortlessly from the fast lane to the slow for some excellently plugged-in folk.

These two are remarkable not only because they have emerged with a shiningly unique album, but also because of their impressive compatability as singers, musicians and performers. Cregan Montague, a virtuoso fiddle player and violinist, and Danielle Tibedo, guitar, play in such a way that innumerable layers of sound ring gently in your ears and fit together as neatly as shapes in a well-played game of Tetris. Additionally, Montague supplies a dusky vocal reinforcement to Tibedo's honeyed, lilting voice to generate harmonies so blanketed in emotion they surface, simultaneously exuberant and wistful. Truly, any combination of the two would only prove the coupling a formidable totality.

However strong on their own, the Montague and Tibedo had some help from Chris Rosser, engineer; River Guerguerian, drums; and Eliot Wadopian, stand-up bass. Regardless, Divine Maggees managed to produce a coolly organic matrix of songs that each evoke a duality of feeling like "Trouble," which dexterously exudes soft and rebellious. They can do new or old, like the somewhat more traditional "North Carolina." Occasionally the album meanders in the direction of being a bit too folk-othodox and hackneyed, but overall maintains a level of originality unrivaled by most others.

-- Genevieve Will, Indie-Music.com

I saw Girlyman in concert with Dar Williams and let me tell you they stole the show...even though they weren't the mainliner band. I absolutely love this CD! It always give me chills to hear how well their voices harmonize. I'd definately love to see them again. You can't go wrong with this cd.

great album and fun band. saw them open for dar williams -- even better live, but this album has most of their best songs. Great tongue in cheek humor

I stumbled into this magical trio when they opened for Dar Williams in Newport, KY. "Speechless" and "This is me" brought me to tears. The next day, I immediately hassled the record store to hold this cd for me (as they were sold out and backordered). Not only do they have beautiful, soul touching songs mentioned above, but they include smart, sharp political songs that make you want to shout it out to the world.

This is a record that we all need to hear now.

Thank you, Girlyman.

It's about time for Bree to release a new album. This isn't really it, but it will hold the fans over until the new material is available.

Most of the songs on this album are just acoustic versions of those off the two main albums. But we do get one new original, Waving Goodbye, which is a solid song, if not quite as good as the other material. The real treat on here though is the cover of Bob Dylan's Don't Think Twice, It's All Right, which really came out beautiful. It's not a very long cd, which is disappointing because by the time it ends you really want to hear more, but it's also pretty cheap so it's worth the price. With Bree's limited touring radius, it's as close as a lot of people will get to a live show for now, so pick up this cd and see why it's so important to catch a show when you have the chance.