REVIEW: Christine Evans - Push (S101)
December 29th, 2006 |
Reviews | Source: Suite101 (78)
At 16, Christine Evans finished her nation-wide Canadian tour, attends the prestigious arts school, Interlochen Academy, and has just released sophomore album “Push.” That’s right, I said “sophomore,” and she co-produced it with studio wiz Tom Hall. She wrote all twelve tracks on “Push,” many of them before she was a teenager. While several cover the standard teen relationship issues, others address national concerns (opening rocker “A Nation Redeemed”), materialism (pop-rocker “Give It Up”), and self-knowledge (standout track “Let Me Be”). She’s a precocious thinker/writer, and the maturity spills over into her heart as well: Evans gives $1 from every copy of “Push” sold to Kids Help Phone, the 24-hour Canadian hotline for children and youth. Last summer’s Canadian tour was in support of the agency. Impressive, eh? (sliver of Canadian humor there). […read more]



