-Marke Andrews, Jazz Critic, "The Vancouver Sun""........singer Christie Grace.....at age 43, is just getting around to making her first CD. Sometimes, good things are worth waiting for..........She possesses a rich lower register, residing there for the ballad Rain Me, then soars on high on the gypsy-sounding Soul Mate Tango........Electric sitar and tablas highlight Metamorphosis, on which Grace's voice drifts over the rhythms like a warm wind. Her most moving number is Come to Rest, about her father's suicide two decades ago. The song is haunting not only for its lyrics, but for Grace's resonant vocals and for Harold Birston's lovely cello playing." -Marke Andrews, Jazz Critic, "The Vancouver Sun" (June 24, 2000) |