Jane Gillman - List Of Wishes

Jane Gillman's List Of Wishes has been compared with the gentle and emotional music of Mary Chapin-Carpenter. Her lyrics have a deceptively easy approach, which are accessible but rich in imagery.

Gillman's clear soprano is natural and unforced, and the straightforward production with acoustic guitar and pedal steel to the fore doesn't swamp her warm vocals. This is country music played with a folk idealism - in other words, Americana.

Fine songwriting skills and songs about love, life and how the two become tangled is intelligent without being highbrow or obtuse.

• Madonna of the Trail
• We're So Close
• Impatient Heart
• Weathervane
• Angel of Dreams
• Waiting For Elena
• Dream and Drive
• Square One
• List of Wishes
• Spinning