TINA ANGOTTI
MIRROR
Tina Angotti's debut release Mirror is a wonderful CD that adult pop-rock fans and old school folkies will both enjoy. Angotti definitely hits the mark with her rich vocals and textured acoustic guitar sound on the intimate 12-song collection.
Mirror is a refreshingly straightforward record. Angotti has no tricks up her musical sleeve, and she isn't preoccupied with lyrical mysteries either. Instead, she wraps the soothing sounds of her warm acoustic guitar around accessible lyrics about life and love in songs with forthright titles.
The reflective title track opens the CD, and its smooth and easy style is the template for the winning formula used throughout the record. The gentle acoustic guitar intro of "Stay" easily suggests Fleetwood Mac's classic "Landslide," but Angotti clearly has her own story to tell in one of the record's best songs. When she turns up the tempo for the bright and bouncy "I Feel," and uplifting "It's Alright," it's adds just enough variety to keep the CD even and balanced.
Mirror was co-produced by the singer-songwriter and her brother Phil Angotti, who contributes acoustic, electric, Spanish and bass guitar in all the right places. It's an auspicious debut that suggests there's much more to come from this very talented Phoenix-based artist. Tina Angotti's pure and easy style and classic sound makes Mirror that rare new find worthy of airplay on the radio or at home in a mix of well-worn favorites by the Indigo Girls, Tracy Chapman, Shawn Colvin, Joni Mitchell and Carole King.
- Joann Ball writes for San Diego CityBeat and SLAMM Magazine