In an of age of contrived, vapid music it’s refreshing to hear an up and coming artist that has her own unique voice amidst the parade of clones that clog the airwaves. One such artist is Alexandra Stewart. She has a sound that is all her own that exudes authenticity and originality.
Her first self-released indie recording is titled Stop for a Minute. Alexandra showcases her strong songwriting abilities here with an incredibly catchy yet sensitive tune. Her voice is warm, sultry and genuine and really defies categorization.
The recording by Oresti Tsonopoulos is first rate and relies on a confident minimalist production style and contrasts that with some amazingly lush vocals from Ms. Stewart which results in a hypnotically brilliant piece of music.
Here’s her first music video which I recently discovered on YouTube from her upcoming album Short Stories EP.
This young Canadian lady is truly talented! And as a fellow ex-pat Canadian, I can’t wait to hear more from Alexandra Stewart.
-Wolfshead
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At first I was indifferent, but as the song progressed I overcame my reservations and enjoyed it.
I find it rare for a singer-songwriter with a piano and minimal instrumentation to create interesting-sounding music. I wouldn’t say that the song you posted was particularly striking… It was good, sure, but not striking. The harmonic vocabulary was slightly different, perhaps, from the norm, though the vocal melody became strong enough to carry the song. The rhythmic sparsity and harmonic blah-ness in the early stages almost lost me. It got better as the song proceeded, which is unusual in a world of formulaic repetition in almost all forms of popular art.
Thanks for the recommendation.
Nice song
Refreshing vocals too. I may have to pick this one up…