Melissa Greener - Transistor Corazon (2013)

Tracklist

01. Everybody Wants Some
02. The Mess Love Made
03. With the Weather
04. Ghost in the Van
05. Transistor Corazon
06. Jackson
07. Why
08. That's What Makes You Strong
09. If I Fell
10. Always
11. Inisheer

Her songwriting is interesting, her melodies enjoyable and she clearly relishes collaboration. Why – co-written with Jacob Svendsen – is a strong song of heartbreak that suits the brooding cello accompaniment of Austin Hoke. On the bluesy Jackson, Greener shares songwriting duties with BettySoo. She has also penned songs with Kyra Shaughnessey and Parisch Browne. Her own tracks, such as the zippy opener Everybody Wants Some and Ghost In The Van (about the loneliness of a travelling musician) are classy efforts. Throw in the Tex-Mex charm of the title song (with trumpet from Robert Gay) and a couple of strong cover versions – veteran songwriter Jesse Winchester’s That’s What Makes You Stronger and a stripped-down, emotional version of Lennon and McCartney’s If I Fell – and it all gels into an album of depth. Greener has a rich voice (she's the daughter of a classically-trained soprano mother) and her vocals soar throughout Transistor Corazón, which was produced, recorded and mixed by the musician Brad Jones at his studio in Nashville.

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