Search - Kimberly M'Carver :: Cross the Danger Line

Yet Another Amazing Release from Kimberly M'Carver

09/14/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Living in Houston, I've been mezmerized by Kimberly's music from the days she first started performing in town. Now, her third CD is just hitting the streets (I got mine at a recent live show) and it is, amazingly enough, even better than the first two (Breathe the Moonlight & Inherited Road). Kimberly's songwriting has no superior, being simultaneously emotive, profound, thought-provoking, and simply beautiful. Her yarns are spun with fabric guaranteed to whisk the listener away in pure flights of wonderful fancy. Her music spans the widest array of styles, from straightforward folk/Americana through bluegrass and country to Latin - each song having a style uniquely suited to bring out its inherent character and beauty. Down here we remember such collective diversity as simply "Texas Border" music and revel in the complete practitioner who can in fact pull it off as seamlessly and effortlessly as Kimberly does here. Interestingly, the musicianship on "Cross the Dangerline" is far more diverse than her previous releases, including haunting violins, punchy percussion and electric strings, as well as soothingly expressive acoustic instruments. Again, all her arrangements seem optimally chosen to bring out the full quality of each piece. Now, I've saved the best for last. Standing at once, above - yet completely immersed within - the music is Kimberly's astounding soprano. A voice so clear and expressive that it hypnotizes the listener, while effortlessly transporting him to another place and time, another adventure, another love, another lifetime. My only regret is that Kimberly has not cut more CDs over the recent past, but what we have lost in quantity we certainly make up many times over in her quality. This CD is a true MUST for anyone appreciative of all the beauty that music can in fact be."