Album Review: Lost in a Dream from Kristin Callahan
Album: Lost in a Dream Artist: Kristin Callahan Label: Ivy Door Music Website: https://kristincallahanmusic.com DC-based vocalist Kristin Callahan wraps verses around the calming aesthetics of bluesy swing and bossa nova on her new release Lost in a Dream , a balmy collaboration with co-producer, arranger, and bassist Eliot Seppa. Following up her previous albums A New Love and One Magic Day,, Callahan projects an introspective voicing on her latest endeavor, often in the backdrop of breezy instrumentation promulgated by Matvei Sigalov on guitar, Tom Teasley on percussion, and Mark Prince, Carroll Dashiell III, and Lee Pearson on drums. Also accompanying Callahan is Seppa on bass, Joe Herrera on trumpet, and Matt Rippetoe on saxophone. Callahan's melodic sensibilities are prevalent throughout the recording, demonstrated exquisitely in her soothing timbres draping around Teasley's undulating percussion on Duke Ellington's ...