Happy Release Day! I am so pleased to announce the good news that after 9 months of slow burning and dedicated work, my new album is now LIVE on Bandcamp, Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube and all the rest of the digital music channels. 

Also out is the first critical review of the project published on Americana Highways by John Apice, here are a few highlights:

“I’m not here to be sorry,” from Lucia Comnes’ “Soul On a Journey,” grips the way many mainstream songs today do not. She has a beautiful melody, sings it with melancholy strength & surrounds it with gnarly guitars & a haunting backup. That’s a song best served with sophistication…

She draws from the vocalizing greenhouse of Peggy Lee, Patti Page, Connie Francis & Natalie Cole. Smoothly delivered rather than tightrope walks on range & power…

“You Lift Me Up,” is contemporary & commercial — but the arrangement is tight & the lyrics aren’t your typical American cliché-posturing. The music does “lift you up” the way The Rolling Stones’ “Start Me Up,” did. Her songs ooze with liquor found in a piece of dark chocolate…

Read the full review here:
https://americanahighways.org/2023/09/06/review-lucia-comnes-have-we-met-before/

Read the review by Folking.com here:

Purchase and download the album on Bandcamp:
https://luciacomnes.bandcamp.com/album/have-we-met-before

Places to listen online:
Pick your preferred platform: https://cmdshft.ffm.to/HWMB
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/49XcJF41rW8lGhF5o3I4HE
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/it/album/have-we-met-before/1704032003
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n5TBM4JwTgqhef_xsdup3ooVC07oyqEhY

‘Have We Met Before?’ is the title track from Lucia Comnes’ new solo album, an enticing male-female harmony vocal duet featuring Jefferson Hamer, acoustic guitar, dobro solo, strings section with violin and viola parts, electric bass, shaker and tambourine; steady-paced romantic ballad that you can dance to – a conversation between adults who were lovers in their youth, equal parts anticipation, humor and sentimentality. Co-written by Jefferson and Lucia while in the studio, the song wasn’t meant to be soppy romantic but it’s brought many a tear to the eye of the mature listener. Maybe that’s a signature trait of Comnes and Hamer singing a duet in harmony? The song is about coming to terms with mid-life, past relationships and feelings that arise when we reconnect with someone we used to know that are completely unexpected and exciting, as inconvenient as they might be at times. The full album will be released September 7th.

https://luciacomnes.bandcamp.com/album/rebirth

Internationally renowned artists, Lucia Comnes and Karamo Susso, reunite after 10 years to collaborate on an instrumental album “REBIRTH” featuring acoustic violin and kora (release date: July 8, 2021). A collection of 7 original compositions, centered around the themes of friendship, loss, transcendence and new beginnings. Bringing together ancient West African griot traditions with European and American roots music, this album bridges worlds through polyrhythms, improvisation, melodic conversation and authentic heartfelt expression. Read full announcement here.