Heart Of My Own

Basia Bulat

Release Date: 25th Jan, 2010
Label: Rough trade
Genre: Indie

In the land of female solo singer-songwriters, life can be hard. With a market filled with the likes of K.T. Tunstall, Amy McDonald, Laura Marling et al, it takes something different to get noticed. Step up then Canadian Basia Bulat, with her second album on the Rough Trade label. With a swelling, soulful voice, her spirited folk backing really allows her vocals to shine, with the rollicking ‘Go On’, the gorgeous ‘Sugar And Spice’ and the Celtic-tinged ‘Gold Rush’ all stand-outs on an album that surprised me in how accomplished it was. A corker of an album and a stand-out singer, who the aforementioned artists should be watching very closely. Grab a download of album track ‘Gold Rush’ here: http://beggarspromo.com/basiabulat/goldrush.zip

Reviewed by Pete Muscutt

About The Artist

Basia Bulat

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Basia Bulat is a Canadian singer-songwriter based in London, Ontario. Her debut album, Oh My Darling, was released in 2007. Her second album, Heart Of My Own, released in January 2010. As reviewed in Pitchfork, Feb 8/10, "...but while Bulat's versatility's a selling point, it's her rare, extraordinary voice that makes her a fresh find in the notoriously musty folk-pop bin. Graceful and incandescent, confident but approachable, her alto's the aural equivalent of the perfect party host who makes every guest not only welcome, but certain they're the most important person in the room." She appeared in the September edition of Now! Magazine. She also appeared on the LOLA 2007 line-up, using her lush instrumental back-ups to accompany her reedy voice. Her first album has been hailed in the Exclaim! monthly newspaper and on several online publications. Basia was nominated in 2010 for a Polaris Music Prize and nominated in 2011 for a Juno in the Best New Artist category.

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