Hall’s Folksy Potential

Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, singer/songwriter Chloe Hall may be a newbie on these shores but has great potential for some commercial success for her third album White Street about life in general in a Catie Curtis manner, only minus any socio-political message on them.

On melancholy, simplicity and life journeys that strangely sound upbeat and beautiful, the material talks a lot about memory (“Take My Breath Away,” “Without You”), love (“Fall For You”) and regret (“How many roads”) are brutally honest stuff working for her on the emotional level evenly.

Plenty of standout numbers include a classical solo piano job on “I’ll Be Gone,” “Stop the Merry-Go-Round” and titletrack, makes one anticipate more from Hall’s contemporary outlook for a refreshing change of pace from ordinary folk music these days.


Julian Bynoe, December 2007