has been played at many births...
and to Aliah, this is
its most honored achievement!



Aliah Selah's self-released critically acclaimed
debut CD Acoustic Perfume was primarily sold-out to new age
and pagan herb and book stores, midwives,
massage therapist, and crystal toting Lilith Fair women...

-Sharon Jones
Austin Daze
(In a reveiw of her 2nd CD Shades Of Images.)

From a review of her
A2A Muisc Festival Showcase
in Amsterdam:

She also played
an old favorite from
Acoustic Perfume,
“Up with Moonlight” –
The song is a prayer to
Mother Earth” Aliah says,
“as well as a prayer for being a Mother to her son, Zack.... however, mostly it was written as a song dedicated to all of us who stare up at the full moon and look deeply into our souls for life's answers.”


-Shema
Austin Daze

 

Aliah Selah's first major solo LP. Acoustic Perfume, appeared this past year, and the track Listen has enjoyed considerable airplay on such programs as Kut-FM's Eklektikos. The album is mellow, certianly falling squarely in the blue section on the
mood-ring scale.

-Atticus Gunnaway
Access Magazine

A Listener's
Testimony...

        Each morning as I sit and map the never ending winding roads that life lays out before me, I fill my room with the sounds of Acoustic Perfume.
       
The resplendent sound of Aliah Selah's voice collaborating with my mind to find my way past the dead ends roads that lead to nowhere. Each song takes me to a peaceful place, where I can assess my inner peace and find the way that leads to a place we will all hopefully end up some day, at one with myself and the world around me. Songs such as Listen, will prompt us to slow down because we tend to move too fast and forget that, if we give her the chance, Mother Nature will inspirit us. As each song unfolds unto my ears, I am spellbound at Aliah's ability to pull me into complete bliss. Sharing with me her lessons of life and love. Teaching me with her lyrics, guiding me with her voice. For these gifts she gives unto me freely, I thank her .

-Kelley Hartlove

        Aliah Selah’s Acoustic Perfume is one of the truest, most brilliant albums I have heard in a long time. Aliah sings with such emotion… she has a way of telling stories that allows us to travel alongside her, through the many journeys and lessons life has to offer. Her songs are driven by experience, you hear her heart and soul in every line she sings and plays on piano. “Up With Moonlight”, the first song, opens with organic textures of mandolin & cello. It conjures up images of gypsies dancing around a big campfire under a full moon lit night. 

        The next song “Listen” begins with sitar, and has a psychedelic pop of a late 60’s Beatlesque vibe.  The title track “Acoustic Perfume” has a dreamlike quality, conjuring déjà vu - the coincidences that make friends out of strangers as eyes meet… for the first time? Aliah places liquid poetry over a woven tapestry of sounds and styles.  She moves through anguish, romance, awakening and maternal love with beauty and finesse.  Her voice alone is so calming and powerful, it will move you.  In her song “Who Said”, she asks the question so many of us have asked at some point, “who said loving was easy… just cause it can be easy in bed?” And in her song “Cool”, she cuts through the frustrations of a relationship to reveal: “nothing is simple, but real is cool”. 

        With traces of jazz, blues, folk, and ambient, Acoustic Perfume is enchanting, perfect for every situation and mood.  Take it with you while traveling, it’s good music to explore by. Listen to it with your child, while basking in the moonlight, laying close to your partner, or stitching up an old wound. Aliah Selah is a gem… close your eyes and hear her shine.

             -Camille Smith
                     Texas Beat



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