Sandra McCracken

Performing Songwriter Review and Free Download

Pick up the December issue of Performing Songwriter on newsstands today for a glowing review of Red Balloon in the DIY Review section. 

Also, you can Click HERE for a FREE download of "Halfway" on their website, and while you're there, check out some great new indie music.

Published on December 31, 2008 at 2:03 pm | Permalink | 0 Comments

Patrol Magazine's Top Albums

Patrol Magazine names Red Balloon #5 in their top 50 faith-inspired albums of 2008.  Check out the link to see the full listing.  You might find some new independent music while you're there.

PATROL MAGAZINE ONLINE

"Few albums have the potential to get past the defenses of the listener’s soul so quickly and so poignantly. McCracken sets up camp in the best light of Sheryl Crow’s shadow and begins to clean house, settling for nothing short of her trademark spontaneous perfectionism..."

Published on December 30, 2008 at 9:51 pm | Permalink | 0 Comments

Red Balloon in Paste Magazine's Top Albums of 2008

Joining the critics best picks for review this year, Sandra McCracken is listed in Paste Magazine's Top 50 Albums of 2008.  Here's the blurb:

"49. Sandra McCracken - Red Balloon [Towhee]
Listening to Sandra McCracken’s crystalline voice offers the sonic equivalent of drinking ice-cold mountain spring water at its source. Her lyrics are utterly defiant in their optimism and the folk-pop arrangements on Red Balloon are varied enough to lock in your attention from start to finish. Gorgeous, heartfelt stuff."

...click here to view the article and complete list!

Published on December 3, 2008 at 6:56 pm | Permalink | 0 Comments