Music Review: Rebecca Martin's 'The Growing Season'

Take the surface of a Baby Grande, add a hint of honey or a splash of swirling Merlot, and what do you get? Rebecca Martin in 'The Growing Season". A critically acclaimed album, 'The Growing Season' is a blend of Diana Krall meets Katie Melua. It is rhythmic and soulful and downright inspiring.

Influenced by Rebecca’s roles as a mother and community organizer, ‘The Growing Season’ offers “sophisticated” (Jazz Times) songs of peace and growth for a changing America that, in this historic moment in time, are more significant than ever.

Listen to “Make the Days Run Fast” here.

The birth of her son Charlie James, now three, motivated Martin to take an active role as a community organizer in Kingston, NY, building a neighborhood civic group now known as Kingston Citizens.

Rebecca Martin explains: "My work in music and the community are one in the same, they are both a public service requiring ongoing care and a clear intention. Both are truth-seeking tasks. Both can transform the way people think and act in the world.”

Amen to that, sister! As a writer, who is also a mom, I feel the very same way.

Together, these influences are woven into the seamless narrative of ‘The Growing Season,’ which incorporates “diverging routes to wisdom and fulfillment” (Jazz Times) to create a very personal album that is both meaningful and tuneful.