Loved all the tracks especially Chariots Rise. This women touches your heart
and moves your soul. The music is incrediable but you need to check out her
new website, http://lizziewestlife.com. It's one of the best I've seen.
Hope to hear more from this amazing poet soon!
lizzy west has talent Submitted on: 2005-07-24
awsome album & artist , talent for a change , great new sound
a peek under the covers.. Submitted on: 2004-08-05
a great peek into just some of the range offered, a flavor of the creativity involved. a must for the collection
hello Submitted on: 2004-04-21
Lizzie West is someone who appeared in the mid-1990s in Williamsburg. She used to play places like The Abbey when there were no clubs in this part of Brooklyn. I remember her playing guitar and singing Leonard Cohen's "Bird On The Wire" in the subway at Bedford Avenue. It seemed like everyone knew who she was. She was one of the unique characters on the scene with an undying vision and no reasons to change. On this EP five years later, she is still a Leonard Cohen fan. She covers "I'm Your Man" adequately. Apparently her beatnik gypsy and country stylings now have a home. The full record is supposed to come out soon. She sounds like a young Natalie Merchant. Hopefully the songs on the album as good as "Family Christmas?"
The birth of greatness Submitted on: 2004-04-14
It is not often that I find an artist who totally captures my ears and heart. Lizzie West did all of that with one single song: Chariots Rise. I heard it on the Secretary soundtrack (now out of print) and had to purchase everything else this woman had out on the music scene.
Lizzie's music cannot be compared to anyone else because she is unique -- she doesn't take "no" for an answer and plays by her own rules. You can hear heartache and elation in her words -- each chord blends seamlessly with the lyrics to make a musical masterpiece. Do yourself a favor and buy this album (also pick up her full length, Holy Road: Freedom Songs) -- I guarantee that these two discs will not leave your cd player anytime soon.