Rachel Williams blog: CD Review - Today's Country Magazine

Band: RACHEL WILLIAMS

Album: Lovers & Liars

Label: HER Records

When you go out and see live performances every other night around Nashville you tend to get a feeling of who brings it to the table and who doesn’t. Michigan native, Rachel Williams moved to town and instantly started to get her feet wet and with the release of her sophomore effort, Lonely at the Bottom, she showed people what she was made of. That was two years ago. Fast-forward to last week. Rachel Williams offered fans and newcomers a brand new EP, Lovers and Liars, at CMA Fest and showed listeners what a difference just a few years can make. As you dive into the album with “Unbroken Ground,” she showcases the same bluesy driven aspects that you’ve come to expect from her, but turns everything up a notch, especially in her delivery of the lyric. As you dig into the album you see this same bluesy driven side well on display with cuts like “You Let Me” and “A Woman To Love,” where Williams uses the perfect amount of sass in her voice to match the music. Williams does slow things down from time to time as well with cuts like, “In Between” and “What If We Do,” which offers a lyric about not giving up on love even when you know it isn’t working. With the release of this EP, Rachel Williams accomplishes a few things. She not only put new music in people’s hands but also shows a tremendous amount growth vocally and in her songwriting as she played a part in writing each of the 7 songs on it. We were already keeping our eyes on Rachel Williams after her last album, and with the release of this one we are absolutely certain that big things are just around the corner for her.

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