CAROL ALBERT / Fly Away Butterfly: In the 70s, the gals were doing a subgenre known as divorcee rock. That seems to have mutated in the 10s to healing music, a combination of jazz, world and spirituality that seems to be the soundtrack for recovery of various sorts whether from addiction, loss, upheaval---or divorce. Albert is rejuvenating from loss and letting it lead her to rebirth. Enlisting one of the great secret weapons of our times, Trammell Starks to help her on her journey, this is almost like next gen-nu new age as it comes out of the gate. An experienced performer coming back into the light, this is no mere well intentioned effort by a bored wannabe looking for an outlet, this is the kind of alt.adult listening that turns heads and ears. A deep, personal set that grabs your attention and holds on tight. Well done. - CHRIS SPECTOR, Editor and Publisher Copyright 2017 Midwest Record Link to source - click here
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Ahh, we are again treated to the wholesome, all-embracing musical charm of the lovely vocalist/pianist/composer Carol Albert who has reemerged with her at once enticing and alluring offerings here on Fly Away Butterfly, an album of intensely satisfying melodies and lyrical colors. The mesmerizing seduction of this music starts at track one (the title track) and never lets up as she takes you by the hand and leads you along this plush horizon of musical bliss with delicate caresses and high-spirited exoticism and finger-poppin’ grooves like that heard on her covers of the late Al Jarreau’s “One Way” and the classic “Mas Que Nada.” Aside from “Mas Que Nada” and “One Way,” Albert has penned all of this well-produced material, and it’s obvious that she poured her very essence into the work. One should be warned of the inescapability of the appeal and mystique of this material. This is beauty alive and personified throughout. Along with the lead and title track, there’s the exotic sway of such catchy tunes as “Awakening” and “Across the Sky,” the funky bounciness of “On My Way,” the beauty and intriguing play on moods found on “Chasing Waterfalls” which leads off in a rather sweet and sedate fashion and later ushers in a spirited crescendo, and the resoundingly comely track “Never Thought It Would Be This Way.” To sum it up, this album truly defines delicate, refined, and class, and tosses in a track of feel-good funk for good measure. It’s quality belonging in the bright spotlight of this genre. Experience its attraction, and bathe in it with unabashed abandon. It calls for it. – Ronald Jackson c/o The Smooth Jazz Ride Link to source - click here
Special Thanks to Trammell Starks for encouraging me to write and record again, the many hours of patience in the recording studio, supporting me in the ups and downs through the process, and making me believe it was possible to be successful.
Thanks to all my supporting players on the Album for the extra hours and dedication to making great music. Thanks to Jason Gorov/Gorov Music Marketing for the caring and successful Radio Promotions achieving Billboard Charting and Worldwide Radio Markets. Thanks to Allen Kepler/Smooth Jazz Network, Jo Khool/WJKR-DB JO KHOOL RADIO, Graham Johnson Australia Alive 90.5, Lynette White SIRIUS XM Watercolors for believing in me from the beginning. Special thanks to Allen Kepler for feedback of my works in progress and Jo Khool for encouraging me to sing. A Big Thank You to Kabir Sehgal for such beautiful liner notes. And Life-Long Thanks to my friends who have listened, encouraged, and supported me through the years and my fans and supporters of my music. -------------------------------- Note From Carol: "Music was one of my 1st loves from early childhood and has been with me through thick and thin in my life. I can confide all my feelings through it and it will keep my secrets if I want it to. It will tell you what I'm feeling if you wish to listen. It fills my soul and lifts my spirits in good and bad times. I've spent more time with my music than anything else in my lifetime. It only lets me down when I expect too much. I love my family, children and friends but most of all the greatest love of my life is MUSIC." - Carol Albert |