Jan. 07, 2009 - Issue #690: The Play About The Baby
Rob Heath
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HeathOne More Day above Ground
(Independent)
“Why not Stand Out” is a song title and lyric from Rob Heath’s latest album, and—taking his own advice—this local singer-songwriter does just that. Tackling subjects ranging from the romantic to the spiritual to the political, Heath somehow manages to lend a sense of consistency to a collection of stories that, on the surface, don’t really seem to have much in common. The optimistic attitude that Heath carries through all of his songs is surely one of the ways he manages to do this; however, the most striking constancy is the expertise with which all the album’s lyrics are written. Nowhere is this more evident than in songs such as “Starlight Tours” and “What If They’re Right,” both of which elicit gasps of awe with their poetic beauty. V
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