Keri Noble - 4264

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Sometimes, finding the inner voice that speaks the greatest truth can be a long and challenging process. For singer-songwriter Keri Noble, the Detroit native who has made her home in Minneapolis and has made her creative mark on both sides of the globe with two critically innovative and critically acclaimed recordings, the search has paid off. Noble's new-found sense of optimism is evident throughout the record, even in those moments where the overriding message isn't entirely upbeat. The set opens with the midtempo "Watch Me Walk," a defiant statement about regaining one's sense of identity and purpose in the face of a failing - if not failed - relationship: "This is the part where I start taking over / Why should I let you decide? / Life is too short, you blink, and it's over / So now you're going to watch me walk out of your life..." Emancipation is a recurring theme throughout the eleven tracks, as seen in the quiet and pensive "Ooh Oh," a fan favorite in Noble's live performances. The song takes its title from an emotional refrain that taps into a place that goes deeper than words. "It's pretty sad in its portrayal of a relationship that's formed out of dysfunction," Noble explains, "but at some point in the song, the lyrics are saying, `I'm ready for something more than this.' Even in those small moments where it sounds melancholy, there's still this theme going through it about how it's time to change, time to move, time to take care of myself." In a world that's seldom if ever black and white, Noble is keenly attuned to the simultaneous coexistence of both the light and the dark, and conveys them in terms that are as universal as they are simple. Songs like "Remember My Name" and "Last Warning" veer close to the edges of desperation and even tragedy, while much more rousing and inspirational tracks like "Born Again" and "Go Proud" hearken back to her upbringing in the soul- and gospel-drenched sounds of her native Detroit. It's no accident that Keri Noble's third release is the first to be named after her. More now than at any other time in her career, her voice is her own, and she's able to declare exactly who she is and what she's about. "I feel free to be the artist that I am, and also the artist that I can be," she says. "I don't feel any pressure to try to fit into some mold. I just feel very free."
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