Sadie Jemmett
Album: London Love Songs
Label: Mama's Music
Tracks: 10
Website: http://sadiejemmett.com/

What I admire about Sadie Jemmett is that she is an autobiographic folk singer. Each track that we listen to is a release of a little gem about Jemmetts' life, though like every artist who writes about their life in a book they don't tell you the full story. It is up to us to put the pieces together in each page or in this case track that we listen to.

I love that her album tells a story and no matter what age of listener you are, there is a track that everyone can relate to. Telling stories about her friends and of her personal life, this reviewer admires how personal she is. Feels very much as if she is in the room with me and she is talking to only me about her life that has been filled with all emotions possible.

Such as in the song "Adventure In Sobriety" that tells a story of a time where Jemmett helped a friend who was struggling to deal with alcohol. Rather enjoying the way the story is told, it isn't too personal in that it is easy to guess who her friend is. She sings it as if it were her friend that was singing the song, singing about how this drunk voice is like a dark beast on his shoulder. The melody is quite positive and it is a rather happy sounding song yet the lyrics are complete the opposite.

The tracks act as advice for the listener, if you are struggling with relationship, families, living in a different place or health. Then Jemmett applies her song writing and composing talents into an album that supports you in your struggles, it is rather therapeutic to listen to.

As a reviewer who has been to London before and misses it very much, the track of "Five Things That I Have Noticed" brings all those memories and images back of the bustling city of London. She is singing about her first move to London, living close by to Camden Square, she sings about what she saw there and the people she passed on her daily routine passing though.

Like a female version of Steve Bonham, her voice is quite mature for her age, very humbling and suited to the genre that is folk music.

Quite a cohesive album, the tracks are consistent in sound with her voice, guitar and piano. It is such a simple thing but so effective to the ear.

Gemma Hirst