Mette Juul - There Is A Song (2015)

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Mette Juul - There Is A Song (2015)

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A New York based, Danish, singer/songwriter, Juul is one of those artists who creep up on you and grow upon you and, as you absorb the melodies and the intriguing lyrics, suddenly you're in love with a voice. Just some of the lyrical gemstones delivered by Juul in a voice that projects gentle, laid back emotion. Nothing twee or cute but words dealt straight from the heart as Shirley Horn used to do and with a voice that makes you want to book the next flight to Copenhagen which I don't advise as the lady is now a New Yorker! Fellow Dane, Hess, is on piano and history may be re-written and say a dog was named after him. Akinmusire provides the excitement that adds to the emotive content. A disc to relax to but not to sleep to - the words are so compelling.

Danish singer-songwriter/guitarist Mette Juul – think an expressively creative voice steeped in vocal-jazz traditions landing somewhere between the sound of Anna Maria Jopek and Silje Nergaard – has a fine new album to be released next month. Extracts from the Universal Denmark release are above.
Arriving three years on from Moon on My Shoulder the singer’s band proves a good match for her quietly compelling vocals.
Ambrose Akinmusire who collaborated with the singer on her previous album returns and is heard here beautifully Milesian on opener ‘Baltimore’. The band also comprises Danish pianist and album co-producer Nikolaj Hess, Charles Lloyd bassist Joe Sanders, Oracle electric guitarist Mike Moreno on three tracks and drummer Rodney Green.
There is a Song features mainly Juul originals plus a version of Leonard Cohen’s ‘The Land of Plenty’ and AC Jobim’s ‘Double Rainbow.’