Belle Reviews: Kerissa Fuccillo

This is a woman I know personally-my best friend's sister. Her charm and warm hearted nature transcend beyond the bounds of her undeniably beautiful lyric. Her voice rambles effortlessly from her soul. The edges of it burn a smoldering blue electric, a velvet twang hums beneath her vocals. A soothing, muted murmur is the mantra of each song's prayer. You listen to her and sounds blend into color- not in a psychedelic way, but when you listen you're taken away to a smoky bar, a romantic but simple place. Sip your beer and let the songs sink in. Blink your eyes open and you're back from the fantasy, but yearning for more. Multi-instrumental "Railroad Eyes" in particular has the ability to render this type of imagery for me. As a bluesy saxophone melts in the background Kerissa's sultry voice cruises sexy down the lane, a sugarcane strut with a Brandy kick.

Kerissa is currently unsigned, but there's no good reason for that. Based out of Ashland, Oregan, the singer-songwriter has a voice and talent that is wise beyond her years.
Her myspace is http://www.myspace.com/kerissafuccillo
but her official web site is http://www.kerissafuccillo.com There you can listen to her whole full self-titled album for free. But I encourage you to buy these songs instead-on her site she has a "name your price" button for downloading the album, or individual songs. The songs are all different. As Kerissa herself writes on her web site, "This album is my first self-produced body of work. It is a mix of various styles of songs that I have written over the last few years." She also gives credit to everyone who has helped contribute to the album-throughout the album there are songs that have violin, sax, fiddle, banjo, or a combination! Kerissa is responsible not only for guitar and vocals but also bass, drums, and keyboard! This is a talented woman who writes songs of substance. It would be nice to hear more songs like this on the radio, and less songs with empty lyrics and soulless vibes.