CD Review – Kate Jacobs (A folk-lover’s dream)
Home Game
Small Pond Music
Kate Jacobs is a great storyteller and her fifth album proves just that. The sweet almost elevator quality of “On My Monitor” showcases her inner bossa nova (courtesy of her childhood addiction to Stan Getz’s Jazz Samba).
The title track is a beautiful ballad that includes the line “You’re the one I’ve been waiting for,” about having a baby is punctuated by the cry of drummer Paul Moschella’s daughter at the end of the song. “Jesus Has Been Drinking” is a great waltz about a man who Jacobs has seen wander the main drag in Hoboken, NY every day for 20 years.
This is her first album away from the Bar/None Record label and the first after leaving the biz for a while to start a family. While this may hinder some, Jacobs used her new “Mom” title to make her best album to date. This is a perfect coffee house album while still feeling like home.
