Track Listing

1. Chicago
2. I Get It
3. Only Fooling Myself
4. Top Of The World
5. One Way Or Another
6. It's Only Life
7. Might Have Been
8. Facing Up
9. No Good
10. Devil In Me
11. I Won't Disagree
12. Wish You Were
13. Kindly Unspoken

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #876 in Music
• Released on: 2008-01-22
• Number of discs: 1

Album Description
The musical landscape is teeming with singer/songwriters, many of them quite capable, but only a handful have something truly distinctive to offer. Kate Voegele belongs in the latter category. Don't Look Away, Voegele's first full-length album (MySpace Records), is a revelation, as the 20-year-old writer/singer, belying her tender years, delivers songs of depth and insight with a powerfully seductive voice that maintains a fierce presence amid dynamic rock grooves and infectious pop hooks. Produced by the veteran Marshall Altman (Matt Nathanson, Mark Broussard), Don't Look Away is a bravura effort from an old soul with a youthful spirit; think of her album as a female parallel to John Mayer's Room for Squares--at once a zeitgeist-capturing landmark and the launchpad for a viable career.

The tracks range from the rootsy acoustic ballad "Wish You Were," with its mandolin and accordion filigree, and the sparse, piano-based "Kindly Unspoken" to the widescreen heartbreak anthem "Only Fooling Myself" and the ironically titled "It's Only Life," a soaring expression of female empowerment, which Voegele describes as "a motivational, uplifting song about dealing with situations rather than trying to hide from them." "One Way or Another" is an edgy rocker about romantic victimization, while the punchy "Chicago," she says, "is a metaphorical representation of any kind of escape, about just needing to get away. The line at the end of the chorus is, `I'll be on the seven o'clock to Chicago,' so it refers to a specific city, but it's universally applicable."

While the concerns Voegele touches on in her songs are contemporary, her sensibility is deeply rooted. Growing up surrounded by the music of seminal singer/songwriters like Carole King, James Taylor, Joni Mitchell and Eric Clapton, thanks to her musician father, Voegele absorbed everything she heard as if by osmosis, and began writing her own songs at 15. "It's my personal goal to continue the standard set by those before me," she says of her timeless approach. "No matter how a song develops, my main goal is to reach people, because there were so many musicians who spoke to me, and still do, to help me to deal with situations. It's so easy nowadays with all the technology for people to fake it. For me, it's just so important that the true musical talent and passion for the songs be there."

Poised, beautiful, armed with unforgettable songs and a voice to match, Kate Voegele is on the brink of something big!

Customer Reviews

amazing songs
for my 17yr old daughter, she says the songs are amazing. They get her mood jump started!

Let it grow on you
I knew Kate Voegele from One Tree Hill and thought she was amazing. I bought her version of 'Hallelujah' right away. Unfortunately, the 30 seconds of the songs they use on iTunes weren't very convincing. I decided to take a chance and just buy the album. I can't stop listening to it. It took a couple times through, but it is one of my favorites in my collection.

Can't wait to hear more!

Kate's debut
while it is true that she is only one artist. and it's only her voice on this album. she has enough variety on the album to make it interesting! and it all feels very real as she writes all the stuff.

it's just a cool album that you should check out and give it a chance!