Review: Abby Posner – For You, The Spring

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AbbyPosner – For You, The Spring (Independent)I suspect Abby Posner likes to keep busy. For a startthere’s the teaching and the soundtracks for documentaries. Then there’s herfolk-rock-bluegrass band, Fiddle And Pine, who gig regularly around her homestate of California, and that’s just one of her many side-projects. Additionallyshe regularly performs solo, and accompanies other established artists, and, ofcourse, she records and releases her own recordings. “The Gatherer and theThief EP” came first in 2011, followed this year by “The Fall Sessions EP”, andher latest, “For You, The Spring”, which is available now as a download, and on12th October 2012, as a CD.
Posner’s a fine singer with a voice that rings outclear and pure, or rootsy and country. She plays most of the instruments on herrecords, and she’s a first-rate string player, especially the banjo. She alsostudied world percussion at the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts),together with composition and songwriting. It certainly makes “For You, TheSpring” an accomplished and interesting listening experience.
The ten short songs definitely don’t outstay theirwelcome. It’s all over in less than half an hour, but not a second is wastedand there are a remarkable variety of styles present. The title track, splitinto two parts, is both driving and gentle. “New Orleans” is energetic alt.country, “Criminal Mind” is moody folk-rock and “I Found My Way” is almostJoanna Newsom-esque, with Posner’s earthy banjo taking the part of the harp.Yet it all comes together perfectly. The production is simple and sympathetic,and the presentation authentic. Perhaps another couple of songs wouldn’t havegone amiss, and although that’s a criticism of sorts, it’s one I rarely get theopportunity to voice.www.abbyposner.comwww.facebook.com/Abby-Posner-MusicSimon M.