NYC DAILY NEWS Shining Review of ‘YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING’
Brooke Miller is a singer who has ‘Everything’ jfarber@nydailynews.com There’s not a lot of fuss in the way Brooke Miller sings. No trills, leaps or shouts interest her. Instead, she hits her sweet, soft melodies dead-on, the better to communicate an unwavering sense of candor. It’s an approach well-suited to the fine brand of country and Acadian-tinged folk Miller favors on her engaging debut CD, “You Can See Everything.” The disk features 12 carefully crafted songs that trip from brisk country (the opening “World on a Whim”) to complex...
Read MoreReview of “You Can See Everything” by Sentimentalist Magazine
Brooke Miller — “You Can See Everything” : Sentimentalist Magazine Review Brooke Miller, hardly a household name, but just you wait. Her debut CD You Can See Everything is awash in mind blowing brilliance. Hailing from Prince Edward Island on Canada’s Atlantic coast, the lush organic landscape of her birth land bleeds through every track on the album. Comparisons to Rickie Lee Jones, Sheryl Crow and Natalie Merchant are obvious but glimpses of Miller’s punk rock youth keep the disc from becoming too precious. Look for great things to come from Ms. Miller –CD Original link to...
Read MoreAll Music Guide Review of “You Can See Everything”
by Jonathan Widran Though Brooke Miller launched her professional music career in a punk band during her adolescence growing up on Prince Edward Island, she later gravitated to the innovative folk-rock of fellow Canadian Bruce Cockburn. On her compelling breakthrough indie debut, she combines his influence with slight winks to rock, country, blues, Irish flavors, and the cool enigma that is Rickie Lee Jones to create a unique hybrid style around her clear, husky vocals. That voice stands out best on stark, acoustic guitar driven story-songs like “Two Soldiers,” and...
Read MoreReview of Mountain Stage Performance in West Virginia
Sunday’s Mountain Stage show featuring Paddy Casey, Bell X1, Brooke Miller, Tyler Ramsey, and Punch Brothers was one of the best concerts I’ve ever attended. Not only were the performances – particularly that of the Irish boys – spectacular, but it was probably the friendliest bunch of singers to ever grace the stage. Mt. Stage tends to attract nice people (both performers and audience), but this week’s lineup seemed especially cordial and down to earth…. …. Brooke Miller was up next, joined by the Mountain Stage band. As if jamming with the house band weren’t...
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