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Leigh's Voice is More Beautiful than ever...


Despite her 15 years in the music business, Leigh Nash is still a young woman.
Not all that much older than the age where many musicians are just starting their careers.
Technically she is a new solo artist, but many will recognize her voice as the lead singer of Sixpence None the Richer.
With a platinum album and Grammy nomination under her belt, Nash is no newcomer and yet she maintains an innocence and fresh feeling throughout her debut solo CD.
Any fan of Sixpence None The Richer should like this album.
That's not to say that "Blue On Blue " is too similar to Sixpence - there's more piano on this album, and it sounds a bit more poppy.
This is not a bad thing, because Leigh's catchy song structures really shine in this environment.
The only slight flaw here is the heaven theme is used on three songs.
But "My Idea Of Heaven " is the best song here, and Leigh's angelic voice certainly fits the other two.
Songs such as "Just A Little " and "Nervous In The Light Have Dawn " have that amazing imagery found in Leigh's songwriting.
Leigh's voice is the shining star of "Blue on Blue ."
She sings with a flawless blend of strength and frailty -- a beautiful jewel, pitch-perfect, ethereal, and vulnerable.
Let’s not forget "Blue on Blue " is a debut CD, and with continued solid promotion this album will do well and set up even better things for Leigh.
Expect her to continue to grow as a songwriter, and if she keeps her producer and crew together for her next album, watch out world.

【Leigh Nash】 Blue on Blue
Innocence meets Experience
If you're like most people who have radios, you've probably heard the band's smash hit "Kiss Me" and the follow-up cover of "There She Goes", and maybe another cover that followed that much later, "Don't Dream It's Over".

All were pleasant songs that seemed to do well with a mass audience.
Maybe you heard the lilting voice of lead singer Leigh Nash and were wooed by the playful subject matter of those songs (OK, so the last of the three was a little heavier, but since it was an 80's cover it carried a bit of nostalgia along with it ).
If you're a part of that demographic that Sixpence was so aggressively marketed to during their final days, the group being catered to on a greatest hits project that featured more covers and non-album tracks than actual highlights from their albums, then you might like Leigh Nash's solo work.

My Idea of Heaven
I'd been living in a lonely shell
With no windows to the world
How in God's name did you find
The Lone Star's loneliest girl ?
Now we're in the "dreamy love song " mode that is more typical of this album - this tune has a light bounce to it that almost feels like it was transplanted from a lazily optimistic country song.
It's the classic "I was lonely and you found me " song, so there isn't much to interpret, and you might even accuse the lyrics of being a little cliche, but there's no doubt when she says that her idea of Heaven is "lying here with you " that this track has "key scene from a romantic comedy " written all over it, and yet you don't mind, because the sound of it isn't "trendy pop ", and Leigh sells it with the way she sings it.
What's gr8 here is how the light, playful mood combines with the experience of something truly holy as she tastefully describes her lips meeting with her husband's in the dark.
God created amorous encounters between a husband and wife to be a beautiful thing, so why not celebrate that She does it with class, and the song never once feels uncomfortably sexual, so it works. It might strike some as a little insipid, but I think this was a good choice for a single.

Sadly, Leigh had to drop out of the upcoming tour with Jars of Clay due to undisclosed "family issues " - I pray that whatever those are, she works them out and gets back on the road so that I can see her perform some of these tracks in a more intimate setting, just to hear what they're like without the window-dressing.
I think they'll still hold up well.
Hopefully the holdup is due to good news, like another pregnancy or something, but we'll see.


【Track Listings】
01. Along The Wall
02. Nervous In The Light Of Dawn
03. My Idea Of Heaven
04. Ocean Size Love
05. Never Finish
06. Between The Lines
07. More Of It
08. Angel Tonight
09. Blue
10. Cloud Nine
11. Just A Little
12. Run Together