Modern vintage is a style I am finding myself drawn to again and again – in clothing, in design, and music. Last fall, I stumbled across Katie Herzig’s work. When first I heard her, I thought to myself – if the nouveau- vintage retailer Anthropologie had a song – this would be the voice to sing it. Katie presents her old vibrato sound with a new vibe. Her lyrics are melancholy poetry. Longing. Insightful. Her website bio describes it best: “This music is at once playful and impassioned–challenging and comfortable—intimate and epic… which is exactly what listeners have come to expect of Katie Herzig.”
She released Live in Studio: Acoustic Trio in October 2009 and I have been smitten ever since. I honestly listen to this entire album start to finish (with many repeats during play) I get lost in the truthful saga of – “Middle”, the honesty of ” I Hurt Too”, the romance of “Wish You Well”, and the pure seduction of “Sumatra”. Her whimsy is found in her modern spin to the children’s tune “Say, Say oh playmate” in her song “Forevermore”. Download “Dance in a Straight line” – the instrumentation is incredibly intriguing with a sense of nostalgia hearkening back to dances held in the old high school gym. Take a high tech listen on her mySpace page and then go old school by actually buying the song and supporting this incredibly talented artist.
Below is another fave that makes me swoon.
Cheers, Y’all!
KATIE HERZIG & MATTHEW PERRYMAN JONES “WHERE THE ROAD MEETS THE SUN” (LIVE) from SITUATION OPERATION on Vimeo.
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