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C Y N D I B O S T E
"Get a load of this Chick if you're serious about your roots music. Her new album, 'Push Comes To Shove' is a minor classic, bursting with melodies that will wander through your dreams and comfort you in moments of weakness. Full of open hearted sentiments and vocals that cut through to the bone, if the woman wasn't known to those with a fondness for blues and country then she soon will be." Craig N Pearce - Drum Media - July 2002
"Boste has the kind of deep dark voice that can imply gospel as easily as hard country. She has lived in it and knows how to blend it to give both toughness and softness that comes from someone who knows emotions can hurt, but they're the only things you've got to play with. Listen to her handle, with equal conviction, the rough-hewn soul of 'To My Left' and the weary country blues of 'Run', and then sink into the leather seat of the pickup truck that is the jaunty 'Take My Hand'. By that time, you will have signed up for the full journey: slide guitar, dobro, wurlitzer, Cyndi and you. " Review of 'Push Comes To Shove' - Bernard Zuel SMH June 30 – 2002
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2 Toelle St ROZELLE NSW 2039 0411 211 274 "Get a load of this Chick if you're serious about your roots music. Her new album, 'Push Comes To Shove' is a minor classic, bursting with melodies that will wander through your dreams and comfort you in moments of weakness. Full of open hearted sentiments and vocals that cut through to the bone, if the woman wasn't known to those with a fondness for blues and country then she soon will be." Craig N Pearce - Drum Media - July 2002
Just what is 'roots' music? We certainly
hear the term everywhere, often
describing artists seeking to avoid being
boxed or pigeonholed in a genre
not necessarily of their
choosing. Usually 'country'. Why is that? Simple,
because too many punters carry an automatic
"I don't like country music"
reflex. I don't know why
either. I think roots music is acoustic based music that
has it's roots firmly in the
blues. However, I might describe it more
loosely as music that's a little too bluesy
for country or music that's a
little too country for blues!
Well known sideman, Dave Steel opened the
show with a selection of songs
from his current excellent album,
"HOME IS A HARD THING TO FIND". Dave's
own accompaniment on acoustic slide guitar
and cittern (like a ten string
mando on steroids) was all
class. Not too busy, not too sparse. Like Baby
Bear's porridge!
Although solidly rooted in the blues, Dave
Steel's sentiments, stories and
his wonderfully clear and assured singing
have a very local resonance
Cyndi Boste joined Dave and commenced to
surprise an appreciative
audience right from the 'get
go'. Cyndi's set list is drawn from her debut
album HOME TRUTHS and her current release
"PUSH COMES TO SHOVE".
An accomplished guitarist herself, Cyndi's
playing was complimented by
Dave's tasty licks on dobro, tele,
slide and harmony vocals. Cyndi's songs
cover a wide range of subjects from the
state of the heart to the state of
the world to the joy of the
neighbourhood. The sheer quality of Cyndi
Boste's songwriting, not to mention the
ability to deliver them with soul
was obvious. In a set of
perhaps twenty songs, (one cover, a beautiful
version of Emmylou Harris's "Black
Hawke" and "White Dove") you could hear a
pin drop during the last one.
An encore of course!
THIS WAS BEFORE AN AUDIENCE TO WHOM CyINDi
BOSTE AND HER SONGS WERE LARGELY UNKNOWN.
Cyndi's albums "HOME TRUTHS" and
"PUSH COMES TO SHOVE" and Dave Steel's "HOME
IS A HARD THING TO FIND" are available
through Black Market Music. Hassle
your favourite CD shop NOW.
Get
a load of this Chick if you're serious about your roots music. Her new album,
'Push Comes To Shove' is a minor classic, bursting with
melodies that will wander through your dreams and comfort you in moments of
weakness. Full of open hearted sentiments and vocals that cut through to the
bone, if the woman wasn't known to those with a fondness for blues and country
then she soon will be."
Craig
N Pearce - Drum Media , 2 July
"Boste has the kind of deep dark voice that can imply gospel as easily as hard country. She has lived in it and knows how to blend it to give both toughness and softness that comes from someone who knows emotions can hurt, but they're the only things you've got to play with. Listen to her handle, with equal conviction, the rough-hewn soul of 'To My Left' and the weary country blues of 'Run', and then sink into the leather seat of the pickup truck that is the jaunty 'Take My Hand'. By that time, you will have signed up for the full journey: slide guitar, dobro, wurlitzer, Cyndi and you . " Review of 'Push Comes To Shove' - Bernard Zuel SMH June 30 CYNDI BOSTE – ROOTS AND ALLMelbourne’s sweetheart of roots music Cyndi Boste will be touring her enigmatic second release ‘Push Comes to Shove’ in July. The CD comes four years on from her debut ‘Home Truths’. Dubbed the local Queen of Roots Music Boste makes you ache with empathy as stories of forgotten promise, lost love, and family breakdown unfold in all too real scenarios. Like so many local roots musician’s airplay can be hard to come by. ABC Radio liked her so much they included her on last years ABC ‘Airplay’ compilation. The first single from her latest offering ‘To My Left’ is receiving airplay nationally. Vika and Linda Bull like Cyndi so much they have just recorded ‘Holy Water’ from Push Comes to Shove. Her CD launch at the Corner Hotel broke all records for a Monday with 260 Melbourne punters choosing Cyndi over the usual takeaway and TV. This turn out reflects the esteem with which peers and fans hold Cyndi alike. Subtle intellect and raw energy combine to bring a demands attention. Cyndi will be featuring songs from her new CD “Push Comes to Shove” as well as some old favourites from her 1999 release “Home Truths”. Joining her will be Dave Steel of Weddings Parties Anything fame and artist in his own right, as well as Gerry Hale of Uncle Bill (Smoke with Paul Kelly). The Sydney launch of her CD will feature Bill Chambers and Audrey Auld in support. Both have CD releases due later this year. After all when Push comes to shove even the most stubborn of us will take a chance.
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