When www.soul-patrol.com announced its Top 5 New Artists for 2003 and its Top 20 New Releases for 2003, there were only 3 artists who made it on to both lists. One of those 3 artists was Louise Perryman.
The Top 20 included names like Marvin Gaye, Marcus Miller, Tower of Power, Barry White, The Temptations…
Quite a feat for a girl from Sydney, Australia.
www.soul-patrol.com is an information, news gathering and educational series of internet resources focused on covering black music and culture of the last 50 years and is the largest black-owned internet site of its type reaching an impressive 500,000 soul music fans per month.
It’s overall theme is “Great Black Music From The Ancient To The Future” and it’s objective is to provide an alternative to commercial radio stations covering not only well known black artists and events, but also artists who are “beneath the radar” as they put it.
One of the reasons why “whisper my name” was chosen is that Louise is considered to be one of the “new artists who are ‘going against the grain’ to try and extend OUR music into the future.” (OUR music being black music) Bob Davis. What a compliment.
To this day, Bob Davis and Soul Patrol trumpet Louise as their favourite female blue-eyed soul singer and promote the music where they can.
To listen To The Louise Perryman Special on Soul-Patrol.Net Radio:
Click on http://www.soul-patrol.net/whisper_my_name.ram
The Review
What’s in a label? Is this a jazz album or is it an R&B album?
CD Review: Louise Perryman – Whisper My Name
I mentioned this CD earlier in the year as one of the best releases I have heard so far in 2003. My opinion of it has grown since that time….
There is a long history of white women singing R&B music that black people have automatically accepted when they have heard the music. Australian Louise Perryman fits neatly into that tradition! Sometimes Louise Perryman’s voice reminds me of Anita Baker, sometimes she reminds me of Laura Nyro, and sometimes she reminds me of Maria Muldar. The music playing behind her sweet and sultry voice is kinda in a “70’s Jazz-Funk” mode, not unlike that of Minnie Riperton’s “Adventures In Paradise” All of these tracks are original compositions; so obviously Louise is quite talented. That is obvious from the first song, “Whisper My Name”…
“Whisper my name, over and over
Can you say it to me the way you say it when it’s just you and me
The more I see, the more I want it
The more I need
It’s more than just a breeze
Carrying you and me
This love is like a hurricane chasing the wind
Hush now baby, we can have it all
If you hush now baby, listen to your heart
Oh, hush now baby, ain’t no need for words
Nothing’s been the same”
This is some STRONG, SERIOUS and SENSOUS songwriting here folks…
(And it’s one of the best CD releases that I have heard this year)
So far this year, “Whisper My Name” is flat out the most erotic CD I have heard and would make a perfect CD to follow the CD “Consenting Adultz” by our own resident lover man, Will Wheaton. So be sure to clear out a place in your stack of CDs.
Are you looking for something a little bit different to throw into your “3am Mix”, right after Will Wheaton and just before Barry White?
And at “3am”, does it really matter if you want to call it a “jazz album” or an R&B album?
You can’t go wrong with Louise Perryman’s “Whisper My Name”.
JUST STICK IT IN (the CD player) and do yo thang 🙂
Bob Davis, www.soul-patrol.com (US)