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"Brenda Freed has so many musical
jobs-solo performer, trio member, teacher, director of an incubator
for young performers, music publisher, singer/songwriter-that
she can only keep herself organized by checking her own Internet
web site." - Allan C. Kimball, Hill
Country Sun, Wimberley, Texas |
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"A singing
songwriter who fuses writing chops with an expressive voice, Freed
kind of falls into the country/folk category but can do everything
from jazz to pure folk without dropping a note." - Jim Beal,
San Antonio Express News, San Antonio, TX |
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"Brenda
Freed's new album, Sort It Out, paints a lot of pictures
of the faces of love from every angle. Freed's touch moves from
tough to sweet and back in flavors that range from the blues to
pure folk to rock to jazz. In every genre she explores the human
emotions in ten very different tunes..." - Jimmy Ash, Hill
Country Sun, Wimberley, Texas |
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"'Sort It Out",
produced by Freed, [Val] Roessling and Merel Bregente keeps the
focus on lyrics by Freed and several co-writers, chief among them
Suzanne Chesshire, but never lets the groove get lost. ... [Freed's]
tunes are tight and to the point and there's space for the musicians,
Roessling, bassist Tim Harden and drummer/producer Bregante -
to work. Unless, of course, Freed decides to sing acapella. And,
while the words are obviously important, Freed and the band realize
listeners also want to let their hair down and move now and again."
- Jim Beal, San Antonio Express News, San Antonio, TX |
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"Sung with abundant
passion and commitment, the ten original songs on 'Sort It Out'
look at the nuts and bolts of love from every conceivable angle:
from the true-to-life lyrics of the title cut 'Sort It Out', to
the love-seeking 'Wish I May', to the tongue-in-cheek 'I'll Be
Damned'to the playful excitement in 'Trouble' to the comforting
'Faith Healer'. ... The unbridled enthusiasm of the Brenda Freed
Band is reflected in the 'polished spontaneity' of their live
performances." - San Marcos Daily Record, San Marcos,
TX |
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"'Sort It Out'
features the nuts and bolts of the Brenda Freed Band ... . Freed's
extraordinary versatility and range have made her a regular on
the Texas music scene since she arrived in the Hill Country in
1991 by bicycle - after a 9,000 mile ride." - Wimberley View,
Wimberley, TX |
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"In
recent years, winters in Texas have been mercifully brief. We
are grateful. I was especially so this year. For on 19 February,
I tuned to KUT-Austin just in time to hear winter get it in the
neck. Just in time, that is, to hear the radiant voice and cloud-cleaving
lyrics of Brenda Freed. She sang several songs from these CDs.
Winter fled." Prof. James Allsup, Freelance Writer, Shriner
College, Kerrville, Texas |
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"We got
more than we bargained for at The Coffee Gallery Backstage when
we booked Brenda Freed and Val Roessling as The Brenda Freed Duo.
Actually it was originally The Brenda Freed Band but Brenda was
the only one who could fit in the overhead luggage compartment
on the airplane so it was only a duo by the time they made it
to Los Angeles. If you can afford but one ticket you do what you
can." - Bob Stane, Concert Promoter, Altadena, CA |
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