Kathy Sparling: Press

Here is the entire Spotlight review of As You Believed from thoughtful music blogger Darius at Oliver di Place:

"Somewhere during the season, you will meet someone entirely new. As You Believed is Kathy Sparling’s debut album. On Love Song, Sparling shows herself to be a writer to keep an eye on. She is explaining to a lover why she doesn’t want to marry him. It becomes clear that she loves him, and wants them to grow old together. No, her issue is with the rituals and hassles of a wedding. Sparling alternates between tender expressions of love and humorous descriptions of the potential wedding from hell. it’s a wonderful juggling act, and Sparling pulls it off perfectly. Her performance here and throughout the album shines with sweetness and warmth. Sparling’s main instrument is the ukulele, and she surrounds herself with a collection of musicians that swells to a folk orchestra at times. But even when the band includes eight other ukuleles strumming along with her, as it does on the song The Moon is Coming With Us, the music is rendered with a light touch that serves the songs beautifully."

The Ectophiles' Guide to Good Music had this to say about As You Believed:
"Kathy Sparling's debut sees her craft thoughtful, insightful songs and sing them in a sweet voice. The whimsy of "The moon is coming with us" is balanced by the hard-earned wisdom of "Voyager". She's not afraid of writing songs about seemingly trivial things and making them count. It's a lovely debut." (stjarnell@yahoo.com)