Michaela Anne, Desert Dove Review

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Michaela Anne, Desert Dove Review

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Believing in herself was the first step in the self-evidencing journey of Michaela Anne.  Growing up on the move as a military kid, it was the ever-endless changing landscape of her youth that blossomed her writing style. Anne explains, “I grew up constantly on the move as a military kid,” who called Washington, California, Virginia, Michigan, and Italy home at various points during her childhood. “I’ve never felt particularly rooted in any community, and I think that led me to become a very searching, questioning person. Writing music was always my way of dealing with having more questions than answers.”  Anne’s discography includes;  Ease My Mind (2014, Georgia June), Bright Lights and the Fame (2016, Kingswood) and her junior release Desert Dove (2019, Yep Roc). While this album is firmly  rooted in the classic country she’s come to be known for, this album represents a sonic shift that lends itself to a rockish influence with honky tonk threshing.

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Positives:

Unmistakably rooted in a rootsy country sound, more so than the popish country Nashville formula, Anne has an unmistakable knack for writing pithy lyrics and memorable melodies.

Bottom Line:

Her most prolific album to date Desert Dove is jointly produced by Sam Outlaw and Delta Spirit’s Kelly Winrich. Each tune represents Anne’s expansive writing style. “One Heart,” highlights Anne’s openness to life, and the consequences it can bring. Her voice resonates with a longing that shimmers, with soaring vocal lines and resonating guitar, jangling with angst. While, “I’m Not the Fire,” is a reminder we have personal power to create our own happiness. “Two Fools” features a classic country aesthetic, replete with pedal steel. You will find yourself transported to an old wood dance floor, with dimmed lights, whiskey on the bar and good friends all around your favorite watering hole. No matter your pleasure, Anne unmistakably has her own sound, with one foot in the classic and the other in the modern sensibilities of rock-country, the one unmistakable sound is her crystalline voice wringing each emotion from every note. That’s the short of it!

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