Recorded in Colorado, singer-songwriter Teresa Storch is surrounded by a posse of players and vocalists, and to her great credit her music, vocals and lyrics still stand on their own. She is a natural. An authoritative vocalist, writer of material of substance Storch possess something special. It is as if not only does she go the extra mile to obtain the sound, quality of lyric but has the uncanny knowledge of knowing what a song, and performance takes to gain one’s attention and trust.
Storch's opening piece, title track “Come Clean” sets the standard, and after two if not earth moving tracks up pops the bluegrassy “Abigail”; fuelled by Dobro, mandolin, fiddle and a fetching rhythmic beat it signals Teresa Storch isn’t just another well intentioned singer-songwriter, but a girl who can mix it up and attract those of the bluegrass field too. Sprightly piece “Make You Mine” likewise has a feel that transcends a few boundaries, most beautiful it is too as upright bass, roving fiddle, and neat acoustic guitar and harmony vocals wrap round Storch’s fine lead.
Musicians taking part, and as already noted there a bunch of them; she has among them Andrew Pressman (Upright bass), David Glaser (mandolin), James Han (piano, wurlitzer, Rhodes, Hammond B3 –to give the record a little soul), Gayan Gregory Long (drums), Jonathan Byrd (acoustic guitar, harmony vocals), Bridget Low (violin), Garrett Sayers (upright bass, electric bass) and lots more, some tasty brass included among one or two of the presentations.
Come Clean has a great deal of good stuff to savour, and with the former Boston barroom singer, and anywhere else people would let her play Teresa Storch also speaks passionately (aided by a swirling pot-pourri of sound) of how she loves “This World”, grateful of her parents, friends and relations and of how the power within us gives us peace. To close the album, Storch provides string-laden, tender ballad “Let Me Remember It” (….Jeff Buckley is on the radio…) as piano and the former take the listener on a short but wondrous journey. Storch is certainly an act to keep tabs on.
Maurice Hope