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Sharon Little

Perfect Time for a Breakdown

  • AMG Review of Perfect Time for a Breakdown

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    William Ruhlmann
    All Music Guide

    Sharon Little got her start singing jazz and blues standards in Philadelphia clubs. That's not what she's doing here, on her first album to be released by a national label, following the self-released full-length Drawing Circles and a seven-song EP also, confusingly enough, called Perfect Time for a Breakdown. (It shares two songs with this release.) Having hooked up with Scot Sax, formerly of the band Wanderlust, she is performing all originals, and doing so in a throaty soulful and bluesy voice over lazy folk-rock arrangements. The influences of Aretha Franklin and Janis Joplin can be felt, but Little is not as histrionic as either one. In fact, she is, in a way, closer to a singer like Van Morrison as she grabs onto a phrase and repeats it to create a trance-like effect. Emotions run high on her and Sax's songs, but the breakdown the title speaks of never quite arrives, as the singer seems less anguished than mesmerized by the power of love. For those who have never heard Little before, this will be a powerful debut; for the few who have been following her all along, it will seem like a breakthrough.

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about 1 year ago
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about 1 year ago
Hello!
about 1 year ago

At the start of 2008, Sharon Little was working as a waitress. Less than five months later, she is appearing in concert halls throughout the country as the opening act on the Robert Plant/Alison Krauss and T Bone Burnett “Raising Sand” tour.She’s winning ovations as Perfect Time For A Breakdown, her brilliant album of heartfelt personal songs, is released nationally. While she might seem lik

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Music Up!
over 2 years ago
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Here's a song off my new EP "Perfect Time for a Breakdown"

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fantastic new artist
about 1 year ago

Sharon Little is one of my new favorite artists. She is currently on tour with Robert Plant and Allison Krauss and will be tearing up the Greek Theater in LA for the next 2 nights. Sharon puts on a tremendous live performance and if you don't believe me you can check her out on youtube and at her myspace......www.myspace.com/sharonlittle

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