Review: Ivy Mairi - Well You

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With a devastatingly rich voice and wise beyond her years writing chops, Ivy Mairi is poised to break a lot of hearts with her music. Just out of her teens, Mairi was raised in a musical family on Toronto Island, where she eventually became enamoured with folk music. The songs on her Michael Timmins-produced debut showcase a powerful voice, whose force is bolstered by tasteful old-fashioned imagery about life and love, and a plaintive acoustic guitar with carefully arranged instrumental adornments. There are lovely melodies throughout: Down features a dramatic vocal take whose intensity increases from verse to verse and...

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