Airstreams & Satellites

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A native Mississippian, Garrison Starr sets lyrics of female empowerment, romantic disillusion, and coming-of-age confusion to the buoyancy of shimmering pop. With a voice that's both breathy and gritty, yet can rise into a lilting soprano, she strips away the layers of emotional protection from her intensely personal material. Both her disarming honesty and her melodic craft keep the results from sounding self-indulgent. Highlights range from "Sing," a soaring anthem of affirmation in a world gone mad, to the Peter Pan flights of fancy on "Superhero" to the bittersweet ambivalence of "Wonderful Thing" ("I hate love," she sings). The production by Curt Schneider and Andrew Williams sparkles throughout, with the guitars seeming to send satellite signals on "Hey Girl." --Don McLeese

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Airstreams & Satellites

Average customer rating: 2004 Album of the Year! What the Fu*$??? buy this album-you won't regret it One of my favorite CDs of the year Garrison is a TRUE STARR

Airstreams & Satellites Garrison Starr Manufacturer: Vanguard Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Sound of You and Me Songs From Take off to Landing Eighteen Over Me The Underdogs Freedom ASIN: B00019PDRA Release Date: 2004-02-17

Tracks:

1. Gasoline
2. Sing
3. Hey Girl
4. Superhero
5. Underneath The Wheel
6. Wonderful Thing
7. Like A Drug
8. Runner-Up
9. One-Sided
10. Airstreams & Satellites

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A native Mississippian, Garrison Starr sets lyrics of female empowerment, romantic disillusion, and coming-of-age confusion to the buoyancy of shimmering pop. With a voice that's both breathy and gritty, yet can rise into a lilting soprano, she strips away the layers of emotional protection from her intensely personal material. Both her disarming honesty and her melodic craft keep the results from sounding self-indulgent. Highlights range from "Sing," a soaring anthem of affirmation in a world gone mad, to the Peter Pan flights of fancy on "Superhero" to the bittersweet ambivalence of "Wonderful Thing" ("I hate love," she sings). The production by Curt Schneider and Andrew Williams sparkles throughout, with the guitars seeming to send satellite signals on "Hey Girl." --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

2004 Album of the Year!.......2004-12-13

If, like me, you sometimes turn on the radio and wonder if there are any great songwriters anymore, any great vocalists anymore, or any great records anymore...

Then, you owe it to yourself to pick up Garrison Starr's "Airstreams & Satellites" on Vanguard. Garrison is the Real Deal and this CD has it all: wonderful songs with strong melodies, intelligent lyrics, tasteful arrangements, stellar vocal and instrumental performances, and crisp production.

Forget about the music industry's big annual awards shows (which are too often based on sales, popularity, or trends). THIS IS THE RECORD OF THE YEAR!

I first discovered G-Starr doing a solo acoustic set, opening for Melissa Etheridge. I picked up her last CD, "Songs from Take-off to Landing" and was quite impressed to hear that Garrison rocks! The disc was filled with incredible material, sweet, soulful, emotional singing, killer electric guitars, and powerful drums. It clearly demonstrated an emerging artist whom deserved instant stardom. Despite Garrison's young age, there was such a maturity, sensitivity, and depth to her songs that I couldn't imagine anything (even clueless radio programmers) holding her back. "Take-off" was THAT good. A career defining moment. How could she even top it?

Well guess what? She has! "Airstreams & Satellites" is even better!

G-Starr's music runs the gamut of styles: rock 'n roll, pop, Americana, country. The songs are personal and heartfelt. Often the wordplay is clever, even funny. There's an honesty to her work that is rare these days in our cynical, mass-produced, cookie-cutter society of consumers with short-attention spans.

"Airstreams & Satellites" is premium rock music for music lovers with an appreciation for GREAT songs, GREAT vocals, and GREAT instrumentation. Classic stuff. Rock of ages. The kind of record that gets listed on those "stranded on a island, which would you take?" polls.

Buy it. NOW!

"Airstreams & Satellites." Garrison Starr. Vanguard Records.

ALBUM OF THE YEAR!

What the Fu*$???.......2004-11-08

It is beyond me why an artist as GREAT as Garrison Starr is not more known. I was lucky to see Garrison open for the Sundays ages ago (she was better than them!!!) :)~ I have followed Garrison since the beginning and she has only gotten better. I never thought she could beat "18 Over Me", but man was I wrong. This new CD is AWESOME!!! With women at the forefront of music right now, I think it is a GREAT disservice that this true talent is not a household name. Do yourself a favor....BUY this CD...you won't regret it!!! Avril who?? This is TRUE talent!!!!!!

buy this album-you won't regret it.......2004-10-16

This is the first album I bought from this artist, and I didn't know much about her. I was blown away by this album it is so good. I would think "that song is great, there is no way the next song is going to be this good". And then the next song WAS as good, and sometimes better! She blends rock with country so smoothly that she is essentially neither, and both! I don't listen to country and I still loved it. She has a wonderful, honest voice and great lyrics. It isn't an album where you snooze through the verses waiting for the catchy chorus--from start to finish the songs are great. I cannot believe she isn't selling millions of this album--she should be on the radio all of the time!! I am definitely going to get more of her music.

One of my favorite CDs of the year.......2004-09-13

I picked up Garrison's previous CD at a live show last year and couldn't get over how good it was. I was thus thrilled to discover that she had a new album out, and rushed out to pick this one up. It didn't disappoint (unlike the latest CDs from some of my other favorite bands). The new crop of songs here is strong, maybe slightly closer to the pop end of the spectrum than "Songs...", but there's plenty of rock in this folk-rock still. Garrison's voice is really shown off here -- I'm so happy to hear a female singer/songwriter belt it out without any breathiness, warbles, or other vocal affectations. She's one of the best out there right now, and here's to hoping that she gets the attention she deserves.

Garrison is a TRUE STARR.......2004-08-12

From the moment I put this CD in and listed to "Gasoline", I was hooked on her voice. The clincher was when I listened to "Like A Drug"...you can't help but sing along to that one! Keep up the great work, GStarr! I look forward to your coming to Indy.

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