First Listen: Kristina Blanchflower “The Angry Axe” Featured Album by Brian Carroll - February 17, 20160 There is an innocence to the tone of Kristina Blanchflower’s voice. It’s refreshing. Her music is percussive, with a heavy strum and thumps and beats from a variety of percussion instruments. It moves and varies from fleeting moment to fleeting moment. I get inflections of Ani DiFranco ala ‘Out of Range’…perhaps a bit more upbeat and relaxed though…particularly in the opening track of the album. As the record rolls on, I consider faint resemblances to Brett Dennan in the character of how she phrases her words and her voice naturally breaks. Its calming in a way, but she possesses power at the same time. She has strength in her vocal and uses it selectively and intelligently, for most impact and only where needed. Smooth but with a natural crackle that really stands out. There is a happiness to the sound of Kristina’s tunes. A lightness and good feeling to the tone of her voice. There is a nice variety to the 6 songs contained on “The Angry Axe”, some stuff a bit more even keeled, while tunes like “Angry Axe” are a bit more assertive and hard hitting. A good listen, so go on ahead and check it out for yourself. The Angry Axe by Kristina Blanchflower Share on Facebook Share Share on TwitterTweet Share on Pinterest Share Share on LinkedIn Share Share on Digg Share