From Alanis Morisette to Lauryn Hill, it's a woman's world nowadays on the charts and in the critics' polls. San Francisco's Noe Venable brings her distinctive voice to the fore with the release of "No Curses Here" (Intuition) a folk/pop/country- tinged CD that teems with indelible melodies and haunting instrumental textures. The album's bittersweet vignettes introduce Venable as a compelling storyteller with a keen eye for detail, a radiant vocalist who sings with a poet's pathos about the shadows and secrets of the downtrodden. She's the freshest voice in San Francisco.
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