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ONE WAY Recommends [Issue
#20] Tres Chicas By
Lynne Bronstein
Bloom, Red, And The Ordinary Girl
(CD
Yep Roc)
Mainstream country
has the Dixie Chicks; alt-country has Tres Chicas. Comprised of Whiskytown’s
Caitlin Cary, Glory Fountain’s Lynn Blakely, and Hazeldine’s Tonya Lamm,
the trio, on their second album, assume the personae of the three-pronged title.
Blakely, the “Bloom,” wrote “All The Shade Trees in Bloom,”
an easygoing ballad of yearning for love. Her smooth voice and gentle acoustic
guitar style are displayed on other quietly passionate songs like “Sway”
and “Slip So Easily.” Cary is “Red,” in spirit if not in tooth
and claw. The violin-playing “middle “ member co-wrote “Red”
with Blakely and its lyrics (“I don’t wish you well and I’ll see
you in hell and I’m sitting here burning your letters”) are as shamelessly
cynical about love as you’ll ever encounter. And Tonya Lamm, the “Ordinary
Girl” from the song “My Love” contributes electric guitar and adds
to the group’s sensual harmonies. Soft but sharp, sweet but tart, lyrically
vivid, Tres Chicas have delivered an album that could cross over to mainstream
country but will doubtless do best with those who like their country with a bit
of spice.
Mainstream country
has the Dixie Chicks; alt-country has Tres Chicas. Comprised of Whiskytown’s
Caitlin Cary, Glory Fountain’s Lynn Blakely, and Hazeldine’s Tonya Lamm,
the trio, on their second album, assume the personae of the three-pronged title.
Blakely, the “Bloom,” wrote “All The Shade Trees in Bloom,”
an easygoing ballad of yearning for love. Her smooth voice and gentle acoustic
guitar style are displayed on other quietly passionate songs like “Sway”
and “Slip So Easily.” Cary is “Red,” in spirit if not in tooth
and claw. The violin-playing “middle “ member co-wrote “Red”
with Blakely and its lyrics (“I don’t wish you well and I’ll see
you in hell and I’m sitting here burning your letters”) are as shamelessly
cynical about love as you’ll ever encounter. And Tonya Lamm, the “Ordinary
Girl” from the song “My Love” contributes electric guitar and adds
to the group’s sensual harmonies. Soft but sharp, sweet but tart, lyrically
vivid, Tres Chicas have delivered an album that could cross over to mainstream
country but will doubtless do best with those who like their country with a bit
of spice.
