Heath Street
Artist: Heath Street
Label: Indie
URL: www.heathstreetmusic.com 
Time: 12 Tracks 45:25
  
Heath Street is a band named after a neighborhood in suburban Boston, MA. Their style remind me a lot of another Boston recording group, the folk duo Harrod and Funck. There is really a lot to like here on their debut self titled album. If you are a fan of folk music of any kind you will certainly not go wrong here. 
 
The album kicks off with a song that harkens back to the days of when Simon and Garfunkle, Cat Stevens and Seals and Crofts ruled the airwaves in the early '70’s. “Yellow Shoes” is the name of the song, and it paints a picture of walking through a town on a summer night, thinking about love, listening to crickets chirp and watching lightning bugs flicker on and off in the darkness. 
 
 “Breeze” sounds like a tribute to the 1960’s where people had get together on hot summer nights to play music on acoustic guitars and pass cigarettes, which may or may not have been marijuana. 
 
“The Snales” tells the story of a couple named John and June Snale who go through some difficult times in their lives, while “Will’s Song” sounds like a tribute song to a close friend or brother. 
 
“My Advice” is another gorgeous finger picked acoustic folk song about looking back on one’s life and talking about mistakes made, and the lessons learned from those mistakes. It is certainly one of the best moments on the album, and strong song that really sounds like a song written in about 1971. 
 
Overall I have to say that this record is one of the best “throwback to another era” albums that I have come across. A lot of these songs feature themes of nostalgia and looking back at lessons learned and people who were part of those lessons; themes that are the perfect recipe for a style that is a tribute to the heyday of folk music.
 
If you are interested in hopping in a time machine and taking a trip back in time to the early 70’s you won’t find a better soundtrack for your journey! 
 
James Morovich
4/26/08