SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: GINA LESLIE – I LOVE YOU ALWAYS NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS

GINA LESLIE
I LOVE YOU ALWAYS NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS
INDEPENDENT

Where would you choose to be as a singer songwriter if your music would fit within so many categories but having a strong connection to roots and Americana sounds? Well Nashville might be too country bound, and L.A. too away, so, quite possibly New Orleans might seem an obvious choice, as the sounds created there could go in so many directions.

That is where Gina Leslie decided to be and create her debut album with a longish title, I Love You Always No Matter What Happens. Yet the title is not the thing this album is long on, as Leslie shows an abundance of talent and musical variety through all of the 10 tunes here, and that variety may be being that New Orleans X factor here.

As you get through the songs on the album, you realize how well-crafted and detailed they are, particularly since they were recorded in a basement studio with the help of Nat Smith (Kacey Musgraves, Sarah Jarosz, Béla Fleck, among others), but it is Leslie’s show all the way, particularly with her intricate songwriting and vocals that promise even better things to come.

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