Our Pick: Desiree Dorion – Small Town Stories

Artist—Desiree Dorion
Song—For The Music
Album—Small Town Stories
Year—2013

Country music has come a long way in becoming a cross-over music category. Desiree embraces all that is allowed and desired by today’s country music fans and this album will likely bring a few people over from the dark side of “I don’t like country” to admitting country music can be good. Desiree’s country music rocks! Desiree’s country music is down-home warmth. Desiree’s country music paints stories and relates to life experiences and sentiments one might have if they lived in a small town. Some songs like Drinking With Jesus shares a different perspective of a someone’s life that stays at home that suffers a bit of lonely boredom. My favorite, For The Music is a rambunctious song about an artist paying dues playing unsavory bars to further their career. Desiree’s songs have a way with words, creating new clichéd imagery that popular country artists succeed in creating memorable hits with. Desiree’s voice is a strong and full range of powerhouse passion that clearly must rate her as high as any superstar country artist would need to be to win over the toughest critic. Electric and acoustic music faire, Desiree is a country music force to be reckoned with, delivering music to make you smile and laugh, or cry with intimacy. Flavour of the Week is already getting radio play as a strong inclusion in popular country playlists while Mama Got A Shotgun emphasizes the independent strength of woman that has had enough of small town injustice. Desiree gives us a collection of big time country hit songs on Small Town Stories that you’ll find has repeated in the music player a number of times before you decide to change it. I proclaim this a classic music release that will endure over time.

Available for purchase on iTunes or at cdbaby:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/desireedorion2