The Guardian - Friday November 15, 2002 - John fordham

It’s A Nice Thought (Linn)
The British singer Sarah Moule deftly delivered this title track at a recent London gig featuring a rare appearance by its original composer, the London-based American poet and lyricist Fran Landesman. This debut set for the subtle and intelligent young vocalist features 14 new songs of Landesman’s, and Moule’s purring voice - honeyed in sound, subtle in timing and pitch, shrewd in weighting the music with meaning - maximises the lyricist’s repertoire of resigned humour, glimpsed tragedies and razor-sharp metaphor. Some fine musicians including saxophonists Iain Ballamy and Tim Whitehead, and jazz/blues guitarist Jim Mullen, enhance an impressive beginning for Moule. British composer/pianist Simon Wallace is economically apposite on piano.

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