Westdeutsche
Zeitung
April 1, 2003
Blues Week: Denise Marie excites with feminine expression
With blues in the soul one can write impressive songs. Last Sunday at the VHS Hall "Blues Lady" Denise Marie let her listeners feel that music and especially the blues are more than a simple intonation of lyrics. Her songs go way under the skin and always involve her own experiences, hopes and doubts.
The musical spectrum went from classical blues to country-rock elements, somewhere between Joni Mitchell and Carole King. Denise Marie belongs to the up-and-coming female musicians from New Orleans, presenting songs from her own albums, highly praised by the critics.
For the first time we saw a fascinating example of her live qualities. Deep and soft sounds mixed with powerful expression showed that the blues mirrors and attitude to life where dark valleys and tender feelings take turns and deliver goose bump feelings. Denise Marie made clear that it's all about experiencing the blues and feeling the message of her songs. Her poetry let us experience the wide range of sentiments contained in this musical style.
For example "The Day Is A Dream In New Orleans" transports us to the city where -in its special atmosphere- Denise seems to have found her musical home. There she decided to make music. There she produced her first CD, and obviously this city inspired her to do everything she so impressively brought to us during The Blues Week. Producer Wolfgang Pieker enriched the program of Blues Week by bringing us a very impressive female representative of this genre.
-Sabine Maguire
Westdeutche Zeitung, April 1, 2003
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