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Phil Roy Singer, songwriter, Phil Roy is back-armed
with pen in hand and writing with a vengeance. Issues + Options celebrates
Phil's arrival among America's songwriting greats.
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Phil Roy Singer, songwriter, Phil Roy is back-armed
with pen in hand and writing with a vengeance. Issues + Options celebrates
Phil's arrival among America's songwriting greats.
'Issues + Options'
(Or Music OR803032)
The New York Times immediately embraced Phil both on the strength of
his current work and future promise. That promise is really showing--not
by the small steps of a struggling songwriter but by the giant leaps
of one moving into the bright spotlight of America's songwriting luminaries.
Like Phil himself, Issues + Options is intelligent, witty, sophisticated,
and stylish. It's the kind of album that snares new fans and keeps longtime
supporters satisfied. More eclectic than electric, Issues + Options
is an
acoustically charged, high-powered collection of smart songs and irresistible
charm.
Within the fourteen songs presented on Issues + Options, Phil
Roy examines
a range of emotions and issues we all face at various times in our lives.
There's optimism that rings true
- Hope in a Hopeless World, the pathos of She Hurts and
even a little humor for good measure - God is Not Sleeping. Phil
looks at our place in the natural
world in Everybody's Somebody, celebrates life in Undeniably
Human and creates real harmonic convergence
with the soul-filled spiritual power of Something Beautiful.
As a writer, Roy is taken seriously by major media -- including
The New York Times, who stated "Issues + Options, one of
the year's two or three most satisfying albums by an American singer/songwriter
.
Phil's latest recording, Issues
+ Options explores
an intemal dialogue of hope, regret, fear, and ultimately
triumph of the human spirit. Highly recommended.
Review by Ben Kettlewell
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