Kelly Franklin : Labyrinth

An excellent singer with great songs. - Dave SwarbrickQuite well done. - Martin CarthyThe most airplay requests [on KABF] go for ...Kelly Franklin. - Rick Clark, Billboard MagazineBoth a beautiful and powerful voice... The melodies are very effective, even haunting with mystery... Each song is a separate epic where nothing is predictable or lame. - Radio for Peace International, Costa RicaKelly has a voice that's pure, clean, and unpretentious. An excellent songwriter and musician, not to mention powerful stage presence. It would be a mistake to classify Kelly as just another 'chick singer' - she's an artist, who doesn't give a second-best effort. - Mark Arouh, Beaker Street, Magic105 FMLines such as 'love lives only in the present tense and quickly dies in self defense' don't grow on trees. - Arkansas Democrat-GazetteHer guitar playing is excellent - precise, melodic, and interesting. No shapeless folkie strumming here, folks.- Nightflying MagazineKelly Franklinas powerfully pure voice sails through this labyrinth of songs infused with biting wit, introspection, anger, and sensitivity exploring relationships, creativity and spirituality. Her precise and interesting guitar work and a full band support haunting melodies and unpredictable structures, featuring British fiddle legend Dave Swarbrick of Fairport Convention on four tracks. Sheas been compared to Bonnie Raitt, Kate Bush, Joni Mitchell, and even Amy Winehouse. This is a soundtrack, for your road trip, your breakup, your writeras block, for when you canat get enough of the music on 'Greyas Anatomy.'Dirty Linen called her music 'achingly beautiful.a Kelly Franklin writes about events and emotions which many experience, whether striving for personal growth or laughing about the absurdity of life. Some of her songs deal with issues few are willing to discuss; her first song aWar Childa was born on the road when she was 14. She was inspired to choose guitar as her primary instrument by such diverse influences as Alice Cooper, Joni Mitchell, Led Zeppelin and the boy next door. She has shared the stage with Ani DiFranco, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, Robert Earl Keen, Jr., Tom Kimmel, and The House Band, among others.

Full title is: Labyrinth

Length: 49:39

  Dave Swarbrick - Fiddle
  Ed Nicholson - Synthesizer, Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Fretless Bass
  Fredrick Lovette - Dumbek, Percussion, Dumbeg
  John Glover - Percussion, Drums
  Jud Martindale - Percussion
  Kelly Franklin - Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Vocals, Main Performer
  Ken Christie - Cello
  Lee Tomboulian - Piano, Accordion, Keyboards
  Lynn Fitzgerald - Bass
  Nick Devlin - Slide Guitar