The 1981 Listening Post - Jane Siberry - Jane Siberry

 Jane Siberry - Jane Siberry

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1981 Housekeeping

Jane Siberry

Jane Siberry

Genre: 90s Alternative Singer

3.25 out of 5

Highlights:

The Sky Is So Blue

Yes, you read that right. Jane Siberry. I always thought of her as a 90s person. She seemed to appear out of nowhere in the 90s. I think she played Lilith Fair. I knew her name but not her music. I couldn’t pick her voice out of a crowd. 

Anyhoo. 

This is a not too interesting set of Indie folk tunes that make me want to reach for my Suzanne Vega album, who did it more sharply. 

Siberry is from that Joni Mitchell/Carole Bayer Sagar world and it’s totally toothless and benign.

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnDWLNNPWt8&list=PLlvn8uktX5LtIvOqT3izhLh1Erzg-V8HT

The 1985 Listening Post - Jane Siberry - The Speckless Sky

Jane Siberry - The Speckless Sky

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1985 Housekeeping

Jane Siberry

The Speckless Sky

Genre: Alternative

4.5 out of 5

Highlights:

Vladimir Vladimir

Map of the World Pt. II

Ok, HERE’s where the 90s—

Just kidding. 

I get Joan Osbourne, Jill Sobule and Jane Siberry mixed up. I always think Jane was the one who recorded “One of Us” or “I Kissed a Girl”. And she sang neither so I have no idea why I know her. (And before you call me sexist, it’s not cuz they are all interchangeable women singer songwriters. It’s cuz their names all start with the same letter and I’m really not that smart).

I would’ve thought I might have come across her work during my review days cuz I might’ve enjoyed this. There’s a Kate Bush meets Lisa Germano element that I can get behind. 

Unlike some of the mid-80s rockers trying to keep the New Wave banner waving and missing, Siberry is bathing in it. And scoring (“Mein Bitte”).

This album is rewarding and lovely.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAToWdWVRj0&list=PL3z5lQ-uO252mNMhOMAEnymqBzUD0YmQ_