Name of Artist: Kate Voegele
Lowdown of Artist: Kate shot to fame when she was chosen to play budding singer/songwriter Mia in One Tree Hill season 5. Since then both her music and acting career have been increasingly successful and in 2011 she will be releasing her 3rd album.
Name of Album: A Fine Mess
UK Release Date: May 18th 2009
Genre: Pop, Folk, Jazz, Soul
Tracks: 9 (14 on the bonus which I have)
Best Track: Oh my gosh…pretty much all of them…99 times, Angel, Who you are Without me, Manhattan from the Sky, Talkin’ Smooth….I could go on…
Worst Track: Lift Me Up
Rating out of 10: 10
Recommend: Absolutely YES!
Describe it in 5 words: Cool, fresh, stylish, sassy, awesome!
Favourite Lyrics: You lie but I’m a pretty good liar. You chose a game I can play better. You’re bright ooo but baby I’m clever! (Talkin’ Smooth)
MiniHobo’s Review:
I love Kate Voegele! I loved her first album, Don’t Look Away. She introduced me to this whole new genre of female singer/songwriters and I have since discovered the likes of Lenka, Colbie Callat, Dana Glover and Lissie. This album, her second, is full of the most incredible tracks. She takes you on this amazing journey through all sorts of emotions and settings – it could easily be turned into a mega-money-making RomCom!
Kate writes all of her tracks, a trait I admire hugely in this manufactured music business (yes WESTLIFE I’m talking about you!), and she pours her heart and soul out in every single one. From the songs, through the cover artwork and even the tracklisting on the back, this album just screams out Kate’s arty side and it just makes me want to listen to it more and more.
The album contains sassy tunes like 99 Times, smooth ballads like Forever And Almost Always, catchy rhythms like Manhattan From The Sky and a lot of attitude like in Talkin’ Smooth. Kate’s voice is this beautiful mixture of your classic pop voice with a deep soul edge. She can hit incredible notes with a beautiful tone and sounded just as amazing in concert when I saw her in December 2009…oh…and she was absolutely lovely in person when we met her afterwards. Just an all round fab music star!
Please, please, please buy this album and support Kate in her future releases, I promise you you won’t regret it!
MH xXx
Album can be bought here. (Play.com Download or CD)
or my posts! One Tree Hill has this incredible ethos where they pick up talented singer/songwriters and give them a platform for their music to be heard. Kate has released 2 professional albums and done non-stop tours since joining the Tree Hill cast. I had the pleasure of meeting her in December 2009 and it is clear that fame has not gone to her head.
, the record released on MySpace records, is full of tracks from her earlier EPs. Even in her youth she was writing cracking songs and training her unique voice. Then came her eagerly anticipated second album, 
, and she more than satisfied all her impatient fans
