“Beyond 9″ the debut album from Monica Shannon
October 19th, 2007 —
tonino
This intimate journey into the enchanting world of Monica Marengo (stage name: Monica Shannon) is a perfect testimony to the heights of technical and creative professionalism to which an independent artist can aspire today. Gifted with a sensual voice and thoughts to share, and backed up by an organized and well-equipped technical team, Monica has no difficulty in pinning her heart on her sleeve regarding human existence, human relationships and global issues, and in letting her thoughts be known to the world at large. Her lyrics slide smoothly on a musical background dominated by piano, keyboards and rhythms that provides depth, breadth and variety to each track without ever entering into competition with the voice and message of the artist herself. The Celtic (Irish) influences are evident from the opening tracks and openly declared in the choice of stage name and the artist’s decision to sing almost exclusively in English, but the Mediterranean influences do not pass unnoticed in the musical arrangement of the tracks and in the artist’s warm and endearing accent. The album “Beyond 9” draws on Monica’s personal experiences and the experiences of those who are close to her in her daily life and is, in the artist’s own words, a sort of concept album based on the four elements: earth, air, water and fire. Nonetheless, as far as the listener is concerned it remains, above all, a delicate foray into the private thoughts of a sensitive soul concerned for man, the future of the world and its precarious inhabitants.
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