Design By Humans
Published On: Thu, May 8th, 2014

Christina Rubino: Alive From the Scrapheap

christina rChristina Rubino
Alive From the Scrapheap
(self-released)

Buy it at Amazon!

We get a stomping bass drum, banjo, strumming acoustics and harmonica on ā€œThe Gateway,ā€ the brisk opener of Christina Rubinoā€™s new album,Ā Alive From the Scrapheap. The Brookyln-born lady with the strong, low voice and a true sense of Americana delivers 11 tight gems here based around her distinctive warble-of-a-voice and acoustic guitar.

ā€œNothing to Gainā€ is a torch-like tune with some great harmonies, sweet ā€œahh ahhs,ā€ shunky snare back beat and electric guitar touches. ā€œLittle Bee in Dā€ opens up nicely from just an acoustic guitar vocal piece into some real cool single-note electric touches (and some nice guitar scratching early on) and fine harmony/backing vocals once again. It is a truly strong tune, mid-way in this collection showing full, strong production.

ā€œSeemsā€ is pretty, plucky softness with a sweet slide guitar behind Rubino who truly sings her heart out. ā€œWaiting to Breakā€ has got a sly beat, this time a snapping snare behind Rubino’s soft strum and strong singing. When the electric guitar floats in, we are well into a strong, slow chunker-of-a-tune. ā€œBreakoutā€ has a floaty, big acoustic jangle about it and Rubino singing pretty much all around her range delivering a truly great lyric.

About the Author

Displaying 1 Comments
Have Your Say

Leave a comment

XHTML: You can use these html tags: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <cite> <code> <del datetime=""> <em> <i> <q cite=""> <s> <strike> <strong>

Videos

Christina Rubino: Alive From the Scrapheap