Erin Boheme - What Love Is

[GA Russell]

Concord released three albums April 4 with a pretty fair amount of publicity judging by the press releases I received. One of them was What Love Is by Erin Boheme.

Boheme is a 19-year old singer. The album's pictures make her look like a kid who is trying to be sexy but comes off as being slutty. I didn't get around to opening it up until this week.

It's better than I thought it would be. Boheme has a baby doll voice. If I may repeat myself, Steve Allen defined a jazz singer as one who either sings jazz or sings in front of a jazz band. Boheme does not sing jazz. On this album, the band plays jazz on half or more of the cuts. I suppose that the other tracks should be considered r&b.

It's a good band, but not in anyway demanding of the listener. Particularly jazzy is the take on Tracy Chapman's Give Me One Reason. The band's lineup varies from song to song, and is piano, bass and drums sometimes accompanied by electric guitar, trumpet or saxophone.

I can't think of another singer on the scene that Boheme reminds me of, so I suppose that this would be a good album to get for when you want to listen to someone different. It's not a five star album that I suggest that you rush out to get, but every song is one I would continue to listen to if it came on the radio.

[GA Russell]

I've listened to this one a number of times this past week, and I've enjoyed it.

It's too bad I can't recommend it for your Your Music queue (because YM doesn't carry it).

[robviti]

The album's pictures make her look like a kid who is trying to be sexy but comes off as being slutty.

that description was enough to make me look for some pics.

with her droopy eyelids and whatever facial expression, to me she looks more stoned than slutty.

Edited November 3, 2006 by jazzshrink