Miriam Foresti - A Soul With No Footprint (2020)

With a very Californian imprint begins this A Soul with no Footprint by Miriam Foresti, hollow and chiseled the cover, which at first glance brings the mind to the seventies when musicians such as Joni Mitchell, Laura Nyro, Janis Ian, to name just a few, posed the foundations for a female songwriter that would last for future reference. In this case, Foresti's voice excellence is supported by the relentlessly compelling instruments of the musicians who support her. The review is a nice preview that allowed us to become the record company for the record that will be released at the end of November. The artist's voice strikes immediately upon first listening and works with skill and skill busily on excellent jazz sound carpets. The theme of the work would be a concept, as mentioned, in a delicate and pleasant jazzy form, which would envelop the figure of the never forgotten English artist Nick Drake, whom I hope and I believe many know, I have had records for years. Foresti enters a part that is undoubtedly difficult and demanding but definitely fascinating and in this work she takes the place of the mother of the deceased musician, unfortunately very young, and tells about it in voice and music. A story therefore in words and musical notes with engaging and persuasive tones that cannot fail to captivate any listener, be it passionate or not particularly fond of the jazz form, whether they know Nick Drake or have never heard of him; a way in this case to get close to it and be fascinated by it so much this Soul with no Footprint has the forms and movements of one of the most interesting albums that we have been given the opportunity to listen to in these unadorned and deranged times, times that make direct proportionality with disturbances of the young Nick. Great work of very solid thickness.
Time Pieces intense piano soft dark folk post rock envelops the listener from the first note and the symbiosis between Foresti's superb voice and the atmosphere that the instruments create is decidedly magical and it is only regrettable that listening to the album takes place between various difficulties from two links that do not help much, however the obstinacy of those who have taken the burden of writing on this splendid album is inevitable and leads to listen to it all the same, and the total listening to this brilliant record repays the difficulties for to do it. Fortunately, with the second link kindly sent me things went well. Three Hours continues the story in a stronger and herculean way and Northern Sky, piece number three enhances even more the beauty of the voice that winds imperviously around sapid bass notes. Way to Blue metallic just enough strikes like an ax and softens the soft tones of piano notes, it is useless to reiterate the sensuality of the voice that reigns supreme, sweet and delicate passages that brighten and round the edges. Gorgeous; in the final the bass literally gives white as we say here in Liguria. No Footprints is the fifth piece that suddenly creeps in like sandpaper, then veering onto voluptuous forms that seem to liquefy in a dangerous and exciting way, an instrumental piece in a watery form of considerable thickness and class. Energetic and penetrating in its Poor Mum gait that leads to the sunny I Know a Place dense of foamy and vaporous swaying notes. On the acute new wave punk style the voice in Black Eyed Dog that varies and changes fantastically from piece to piece in relation to the musicality that is connected to it; here solidly wrinkled. I would like to leave the surprise of the latest songs to the user and eventual buyer of the album. A record that we would like to recommend and on which we would spend our money and our bets. Works of this kind and level are welcome in our panorama. And even those who love musical xenophilia often and willingly shy away from our own albums should have the audacity and courage to approach this decidedly international work.
For the Roman singer-songwriter, but adopted by L'Aquila, this is her second album preceded by The Secret Garden released in December 2018.