…she is able to show her Joplin, Etheridge, and Wilson influences all at once – but still sounding unique in her own voice at the same time. Once you pick up your jaw from the floor, you will simply start the CD over and again, and again, and again.
You put this CD into the player, and lo and behold, you instantly have to be impressed. This voice jumps out from the speakers, and it has so much sass, so much grit, so much personality, that you instantly have to be sold. That’s how I felt when I first heard the voice of Tricia Freeman.
A product of Kansas, Texas, California, and life, Freeman can wail it from the rafters, but she can also be very warm and understated – as she does on the inviting approach of “Blind Man Wanderin,” which is one of the highlights on the disc. There’s a soulful side to the singer that comes across best on “Let It Go,” and she gives a very evocative performance on the passionate “Help Me.”
Truth be told, Freeman gives a bravado vocal performance on each cut on this disc. Whether you like a belt-it-out performance or something a little more softer in approach, you will appreciate all she does here. She only misfires in one song (for whatever reason, to my ears “Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean” never truly takes flight.), but more than makes up for it on “Going Back,” where she is able to show her Joplin, Etheridge, and Wilson influences all at once – but still sounding unique in her own voice at the same time. Once you pick up your jaw from the floor, you will simply start the CD over and again, and again, and again. Get the idea?
~ Music News Nashville’s Chuck Dauphin, March 15, 2012