Jessi Alexander - Honeysuckle Sweet

May I introduce you to the next great country songwriter album - Honeysuckle Sweet?

Jessi Alexander, is a kind of a poet, and I'm afraid she will never be a recording star on her own. One can hope, but history is against her. Her closest living analogue is Matraca Berg, who is currently without a recording contract. Like Berg, Alexander's songs are literate without being pretentious, her point of view is populist without being pandering, and her voice is serviceable without being showy; sadly, I fear that it would be better for her career if she were pretentious and showy and pandering. I wouldn't be surprised if Alexander won several CMT Awards and a fistful of Grammys for her writing without ever actually having a huge hit.

But there are a bunch of songs here that could be, and should be, huge hits. This World Is Crazy is a soft folk-country song made up of lovely phrases about horrible things: 'When the sirens whine and the shots ring out / And peace of mind just can't be found / Across the miles, I'm by your side.' She did this one the other night on Leno, so maybe it'll catch on and be huge - sadly, country music is in a whole only-one-woman-at-a-time mode these years, and I'm worried that this is going to get buried while Deana Carter and Lee Ann Womack fight it out for that spot. ~ Full Review at Sylus Magazine

Track Listing :

• Honeysuckle Sweet
• Make Me Stay Or Make Me Go
• This World Is Crazy
• I'd Run Right Back To You
• Unfulfilled
• Holdin' Back Your Love
• Can You Make It Feel Right
• Everywhere
• Reasons To Run
• The Long Way
• Canyon Prayer

More information about Jessi Alexander can be found at The Jessi Alexander official website