The smokey and atmospheric elements to Holly Macve’s debut album Golden Eagle is truly down to her ability in creating such authentically sounding blues folk, expressing an sound and style of old school Americana. For a British singer songwriter, it’s quite unusual for an artist to sound so at home in this style and sound, but it completely works with her unique crooning vocals, using dips and breaks that are surprising to come across, and ever so beautiful to hear.
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The first thing you’ll notice about Holly Macve’s country-folk debut is her voice. She’s a truly gifted vocalist, naturally spellbinding, jumping from a gorgeous lilt to a raw grittiness many times within an individual song — a move that could theoretically become annoying, yet only adds to her magnetism. Macve’s vocals may be the most important ingredient of “Golden Eagle,” but she has found an ideal backdrop for herself: rustic, hard-luck folk ballads ... read more
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