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Catie Curtis: Dreaming in Romance Languages
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Artist
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Catie Curtis, guitar & vocals. Julie Wolf, keyboard & accordion. Kevin Barry, guitar. Jeff Berlin, percussion, & others.
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Label
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Vanguard
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Format
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CD
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Runtime/Release Date
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40'41/2004
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Label Number
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79757
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Daedalus Item Code
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07556
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Description
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"Maine-raised and Boston-based, Curtis hasn't lost her lovely soprano voice or her knack for writing pleasing melodies," writes the Washington Post of this folk-pop artist who over the past 15 years has been steadily winning a wide audience for her catchy tunes and absorbing lyrics. The Advocate praised this CD for capturing "the universal feeling of a crush, that slightly nauseating mix of fear, excitement, and utter vulnerability, as in 'It's the Way You Are,' a beguiling, radio-ripe effort.… Curtis's nimble alto measures multiple moods, from the pained contrition she voices to her lover in 'Hold On' to the lonely soul-mining in 'Saint Lucy'…. Curtis has always distinguished herself in the hard-bitten music world by forsaking irony and cynicism…. To hang with Catie you don't need to be a superstar, just a genuine person with the occasional existential crisis." Other songs include a cover of Mark Sandman's "Night" and the yearning "Cross Over to Me," written with Beth Nielsen Chapman. "With her confessional lyrics, Curtis is vulnerable yet insightful."—Boston Globe
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