Release date: July 25, 2006
13 tracks; 50:59
When I heard the first track off of Toby Lightman's sophomore CD, "Bird on a Wire," I had to go back to her debut CD and see if this was the same girl I had heard before.
I remembered Lightman as the young singer who had a hit on the radio with "Devils and Angel," but thought she leaned towards the folk and pop side of things.
The first track of the new CD, "Don't Wake Me," sounded more like Susan Tedeschi than Nelly Furtado (um, the pre-"Promiscuous" Nelly Furtado).
However, this is also the Lightman that has opened for Jewel, Marc Broussard, James Blunt and Prince.
The new disc sounds more inspired, more bluesy and more soulful than her debut.
It grooves. It rocks. It rolls.
Lightman not only sounds like she has matured as a songwriter, but also as a vocalist.
She doesn't have the same vocal power as Tedeschi, but I can see her growing in that way.
File her with Anna Nalick, in fact.
Her CD ranges from the slow, soulful "Slippin'" to the bluesy "Round & Round" to the mellow "My Sweet Song" to the upbeat "Overflowing."
I'm surprised that Lightman has gone mostly unnoticed up to this point, but that won't continue for too much longer.
Amidst the techno and artificial noise that is saturating music these days, Lightman is one of the true musical bright spots that shines through.
Posted by jeffhahnedisabled at August 5, 2006 2:35 PM
