MIWA GEMINI-“This is exactly how I discovered You”

The very first tune on Miwa Gemini’s new record, “Picnic,” is a somewhat weird tune that brings to mind Tom Waits (but with a much better singer) as well as Bjork (but with much more linear songwriting). besides that peaceful longing, the record transports us to barroom blues/country, with “Traveling Man” (“My man’s a traveling man/He don’t tell me where he’s been/But it’s not difficult to discover out where he’s been/He leaves a path of damaged hearts”). best after that comes “Something Ordinary:” A sad, old-style ballad. as well as I’m thinking, “Who is this chick?”

Miwa is a fisherman’s child from a small island off of Japan.

Most of her record is just her singing with her guitar, with simple drumming in the background, as well as yet it seems so full you’d promise there was much more behind her. Yes, it’s well produced, however it’s not just studio magic that’s at work here. Miwa’s voice is amazing, as is her songwriting. inspect out the banjo on “Pieces,” for example, or the guitar/piano interplay on “Forever For Never,” as well as I anticipate you’ll be hooked.

Her new album is on Canada’s Addictive Records.

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Forever For Never

Traveling man