Album Review: Anna B Savage - A Common Turn
“Savage has cited Nick Drake and Ella Fitzgerald as key influences on her songwriting, and both are in full display on A Common Turn. Aside from Pink Moon getting mentioned specifically as the album she turns to on a night of insomnia in “Hotel”, Drake’s quietly detailed songwriting is a clear forebear to Savage’s own carefully-traced missives. Fitzgerald’s influence is all in the vocal; while their voices might not be too similar, the way Savage can shift fluidly through octaves and be just as powerful when singing forcefully or vulnerably is certainly indebted to a youth spent listening to the Queen of Jazz.”
I’ve become a fast fan of British songwriter Anna B Savage, so it was my pleasure to get to review her debut album A Common Turn. Check it out on Beats Per Minute.
