|  | No Love Lost / Best of 2007 / Muse's Muse
| 5/18/2008 6:19:20 AM - NO LOVE LOST took home top honors from senior review Gian Fiero at the The Muse's Muse. The Muse's Muse is an online songwriting website / resource.
http://www.musesmuse.com/
NO LOVE LOST received wins for "best CD, best song, and best cover song" for 2007.
Best Jazz Vocal CD Project: “No Love Lost” – Kate Schutt
http://www.musesmuse.com/gian-2007BestCDs.html
Best Jazz Single: “Raining” – Kate Schutt
Best Cover Song: “Glamorous Life” – Kate Schutt
http://www.musesmuse.com/gian-2007BestSingles.html
NO LOVE LOST also appeared in Gian's list of the best CDs of the past 5 years:
2007 Muse's Muse Half Decade Awards
Kate Schutt - "No Love Lost"
http://www.musesmuse.com/gian-2007TopTwenty.html | | Gian Fiero, senior reviewer, The Muse's Muse |
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"From the first notes I heard, I knew Kate was the real deal. A huge talent."
-- Maria Schneider
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"With songs that flow seamlessly from track-to-track, Kate displays
the poise and execution of a seasoned performer on a major label.
From the provocative string arrangements on the projects' opening
song, "How Much In Love," to the most commercial track,
"Raining," this CD is a treat for both new and old school lovers of
Jazz (who will especially appreciate the stellar "Wrecking Ball").
Other gems that fortify this project, "Two Halves," "The Moon
Got Broken," and "I'm Yours" make this a CD that can - and
should - be listened to in its entirety for a more fulfilling and
complete experience. Not to be overlooked is the spunky, Jazzy
rendition of Sheila E's "Glamorous Life," which was bold, ambitious,
and successful."
-- THE MUSE'S MUSE, Gian Fiero
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I'm kicking myself that I missed Kate Schutt's recent visit to the Tin Angel. Her self-released and exquisitely produced "No Love Lost" (A-) is one of the finer female singer-songwriter sets of the year. Fans of Norah Jones will feel the warmth.
-- by Jonathan Takiff, Philadelphia Daily News
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"Guelph-based singer-songwriter Kate Schutt has released an impressive debut CD. Everything about it -- from the production to the song writing, playing and singing, to the CD packaging -- signals a sophistication seldom seen or heard from a young, independent artist. All of the songs but one are written by Schutt and she shows a nice gift for story-telling and poetic introspection."
-- Cathy Riches, WHOLE NOTE
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The arrangements, liberal in their use of instruments but sparse yet indelible in their appearance, are deft as solos fade in and out, magically appearing and disappearing. Just as the listener becomes aware of the spectacular playing of one, such as the kick-ass harmonica on "Wrecking Ball", the sultry piano solo of "How Much In Love" or the striking trumpet of "The Young", another comes along to take its place as ghosts of almost forgotten romances.
Perhaps the most shocking song on the album in its unrecognizability is "Glamorous Life" made famous by Sheila E. Schutt takes a sledge hammer to the original, knocking the 'glamorous' right out, leaving the nakedness of the 'life' of a woman who chose to take a certain path concerning love.
No Love Lost, currently scaling effortlessly up Exclaim Magazine's Jazz charts and appearing on national top-ten jazz playlists, is a heart-wrenchingly beautiful work that you will find yourself reaching for longingly and lovingly.
-- Laila Boulos, The Live Music Report
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"The jazz leanings are there, but it's more about the improvisational style, and certainly the fearlessness of Monk, that translates more directly. She's been called folk/jazz, Monk/folk, fusion, Lilith/jazz, and God knows what else. Really though, the label doesn't matter. Schutt is just a consummate professional, and an artistic workhorse, and one who truly deserves your audience."
-- ECHO MAGAZINE, Guelph, ON
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"A jazz interpretation of Janet Jackson's MISS YOU MUCH strips a manufactured song down to guitar and vocals and displays Schutt's strength as an arranger as well as a performer."
-- WILMINGTON NEWS JOURNAL, George Tsakataras
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Design by Dirk Fowler, F2 Design
Photo by Trina Koster | |
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