Bree Noble: ENDORSEMENTS & PRESS

SONICBIDS ARTIST REVIEW SERIES- #10 BREE NOBLE
SONICBIDS ARTIST REVIEW SERIES #10

BREE NOBLE GENRE: SINGER/SONGWRITER

SECONDARY GENRE: CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN SAN DIMAS, CA USA

Bree Noble is an accomplished songwriter and singer. Her most recent release "Healing Waters" September 2006, shows another level of growth from her previous "Little Italian Girl" with Jerry Allen in 2003 on Gevania Records LLC.The title song "Healing Waters" is a righteous celebration of washing away the pains and misdirections we sometimes take. Noble's vocals are seamless and inviting. Delivered with conviction and heart that can't be denied.

With "Impossibly Beautiful" a story of a wanderer seeking direction, Bree Nobles uses a minimal instrumental backing to get her point across softly. Nobles taking the lead vocals and keyboard chords is backed up professionally by Mark Felten on acoustic guitar, Greg Van Buskirk on drums and percussion, Mark Salle on bass and Christy Shipley providing tasty background vocals. The body of uplifting work accomplished by this artist is a personal mission to open our eyes to the light we all seek.

In addition to her ministering to many congregations she serves as the worship leader at Glendora United Methodist Church. The subject matter Nobles covers includes homelessness, greed, racism and her own personal challenges, which haven't been small. Bree Nobles was born legally blind. You must hear "You Are My Vision" it's compelling and will make you feel blessed. Another song I wanted to mention is "It's Christmastime". The lush orchestral arrangements and the perfectly written lyrics make you want to put on your winter coat and enjoy the season of Christ. This song could have been done by Mel Torme' or Bing Crosby and has a standard classic sound.Noble was recently voted the Best Female Performer at the 2007 Inland Empire Music Awards. and is a current finalist in the Dallas Songwriters Contest.

This is one talented woman who has a message to deliver and does it every time with purpose.I would suggest that everyone check out her epk at http://www.sonicbids.com/BreeNoble and her own website http://www.breenoblemusic.com

Bree Noble: Healing Waters
Review
© Kevan Breitinger

Healing Waters:
Indie artist Bree Noble of the warm soprano tones and poignant musical stories will easily find an audience for her third and newest release, "Healing Waters."
The thing that strikes me immediately in my first listen-through of “Healing Waters” is how intimate and optimistic it is. Not all albums give you the strong sense of identity that this one does; listening to “Healing Waters” feels like a musical conversation with a new friend. Bree Noble has poured a large measure of herself into this project, and the thumbprints of veteran CCM producer Allan Licht are easily visible as well. “Healing Waters” offers eleven original tracks of CCM pop covering the gamut of current common experience: relationships, fear, mistrust, family life and homelessness issues. She dresses her songs in warm mid-tempo stories, not unlike Mark Schultz and even the more rock-driven Casting Crowns. The piano ballad “Why Can’t I Go Home?” describes the grief involved in a visit to a loved one who struggles with mental confusion, and “My Front Door” powerfully shares the feelings of one who hides just inside the door after a stranger knocks. Noble crafts these settings rich with familiarity so she can then imbue them with a godly perspective. Her message is easily received when presented in the pleasant packaging of her warm vocals against a quiet keyboard or guitar-driven background.

Standout tracks include: the melodic piano ballad “You Are My Vision,” all the more compelling coming from Noble, who suffers from glaucoma and has been legally blind since birth; the cleverly written “Do You Dare?” a wake-up call to those who watch life pass by from the safety of their couch; and the optimistic duet with Licht, “The Human Race,” with its we-are-the-world feel. But the album’s best is the stunning closer, the beautifully written and delicately rendered “Impossibly Beautiful.” Bree Noble has recently become a member of the distinguished Christian D.I.V.A.s, a group that provides a good fit for her level of talent and passion.

On Healing Waters independent artist, Bree Noble sings strongly and sweetly of several issues and in turn allows her listeners to develop a level of intimacy with ease. The title track "Healing Waters" focuses on facing our sins and turning to God and his healing waters that wash away our sins. "Your Are My Vision" is a tune that reveals her feelings of living with Glaucoma. “I was like a river running dry I forgotten how to sing and dance and fly...then you threw the moon and the stars into my eyes..." sings Noble and with her fresh alto she tells us that with the vision of God we can always see clearly. Calling herself a "songwriter who is Christian" Noble sings of homelessness, problems, sins and racism. This is the third project for this unsigned artist and I believe that the saying "third time is a charm" reflects this project completely. To learn more about Bree Noble log on to www.breenoble.com

"On the album Healing Waters, Bree Noble demonstrates her ability to write songs that can be either comforting or convicting. In songs like “Risk It All,” Bree makes it clear that we will never accomplish much for Christ unless we are willing to give up our peaceful secure lives and follow him wherever He may lead us. “My Front Door” gives a real-world example of this very principle by powerfully illustrating how reluctant we are to share our blessings with those less fortunate than ourselves. And yet, God is always there to cleanse us of our past failings, and this is what Bree cries out for in the album’s title track. Healing Waters, from Bree Noble, is an album which will really challenge you to serve God not just with words, but with your life."

To say that Bree Noble has a beautiful voice in undersatement. Many artists have a voice and can sing. Some of the independent artists that we preview have nice gifts of voice and talent, rounded off with a sincere desire to praise the Lord in song. But after listening to a few of Bree's songs the staff at Christian Mix Inet had a difficult decision as to which cuts we wanted to add to the playlist. We could not decide so we added all of them!

Some of the best new music I have heard has been songs which were written from personal experience. There is no substitute for "being there". Bree has been dealt some health and vision hardships along the way, in addition to her gifts. She says that her upbringing taught her that life is what you make it. Her music is vocal proof of that very philosophy.