The Spirit Room - Michelle Branch

When I wrote about Vanessa Carlton a few months ago, the comments section of that opinion quickly became an advert for Michelle Branch. Having grouped Carlton together with Avril Lavigne and Norah Jones and one of a group of singer songwriters appearing from the US in recent times, I was chastised for neglecting to mention Michelle Branch. The reason for this being that I didn't really know a great deal about Michelle Branch. Hers was a name I'd heard of, and had read good things about, but hadn't taken the plunge with. But, having also been told that Michelle Branch would possibly be more to my taste, I decided to take the plunge. For no other ...

I’m totally loving the new invasion of indie/pop princesses. There huge in America but when are they going to be shown the light of day in this country? My sister decided to buy me a CD by Michelle Branch. At the time I had absolutely no idea who the heck Michelle Branch was but decided to give the CD a listen and ever since I’ve been a huge fan of the talented girl. Teenage pop starlets are usually beautiful, leggy, blonde creatures who can’t really sing but are lovely to look at. Am I right or am I right? The concept of another Britney in the making has become somewhat dull and there is really no need for ANY more. Young singers such as Michelle ...

I brought this album a few years ago, I'm sure I must have listened to it before, but this is the first time I've really listened to each track individually, so this review is not just to tell you whether it's a good album, it's also telling me. Here you go: ------------------------------------ Who is Michelle Branch? ------------------------------------ Michelle is an American singer/songwriter who has not only rose to stardom as a solo artist but in 2004 formed a duo called the Wreckers with her long time friend and musician Jessica Harp. The album 'The Spirit Room' was released in 2001 by Michelle and her record company ...