SPILL ALBUM REVIEW: JESS KERBER – “FROM WAY DOWN HERE”

JESS KERBER
FROM WAY DOWN HERE
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If you are a singer-songwriter these days, getting your music heard and recognized just might be harder than it was when this genre (or sub-genre, if you will) was in what is considered its prime in the late 60s and up to mid-70s. To stand out you really have to have some intriguing personal touches there, and if you are coming up with your debut album, it just might be twice as hard.

Both of these obstacles stand in front Nashville singer-songwriter Jess Kerber and her debut album From Way Down Here. Kerber might be down there in the pecking order as someone who is considered a newbie, but as somebody who started taking music seriously at the age of 12, she seems to have already fully developed her songwriting, singing, and instrumental voice to be able to come up with something that is both unique and personal. Kerber goes more the roots way than mainstream country, and her musical personality is much more developed that someone might expect from an artist that just released a debut album.

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