Delusions Of Grandeur - Fleming & John

(R.E.X. Music CD 46012-2, Copyright 1995, Time: 39:46)

Producer: Fleming & John, Engineer: Joe Baldridge and John Mark Painter, Tracks: I'm Not Afraid; Break the Circle; Delusions of Grandeur; Rain All Day; Letters in My Head; Love Songs; 6570; Bad Reputation; Hanging On a Notion; A Place Called Love (intro); A Place Called Love

Fleming McWilliams does some pretty amazing vocal gymnastics on this disc. I can't say that I've heard anyone quite like her, though some similarities can be found in music by Jane Siberry, Happy Rhodes and a number of folk vocalists who like to meander around in their higher registers and experiment. Fleming and John's music doesn't pigeonhole well, either. It's simple and operatic one minute, busy and psychedelic the next. It is, however, a wonderful disc to get wrapped up in. R.E.X. Music, P.O. Box 25269, Nashville, TN 37202. WWW: http://www.auburn.edu/~mccorke/fj.html

Rating : ****