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about this album
Those of you who like their bowl of soul music cool, calm and with a pinch of raw funk here and there, would definitely find Ruth Koleva’s long-awaited debut LP Within Whispers (April 2011) the perfect fancy dinner supplement. Food associations aside, Within Whispers is one of the few good examples of what young and talented Bulgarian music producers are capable of despite the harsh rules of the local game. Being a proud owner of high-octave (5 to be exact) vocal skills since an early age, Ruth Koleva has gathered a noteworthy collection of musical experience performing for local as well as a variety of international audiences. I don’t know what role recording with the legendary producer Martin Briley (the guy behind artists such as Elton John, Marc Anthony, *NSYNC, Daughtry); or improvising live on stage with Bobby McFerrin; or performing alongside dub legend Mad Professor have played on the album but these encounters certainly echo somewhere in the record. Having grown up with Ella Fitzgerald, Nat King Cole, James Brown, and Jill Scott undoubtedly breathes a jazzy flair into the soulful atmosphere. It’s not hard to then see Within Whispers as a recollection of influences which has transformed into Ruth’s own unique style. With its percussive warmth and undulating basslines ‘4 Letter Word’ sets the tone of the whole album – easy-going and leaning more upon the slow-jam side of the bpm line. Almost in the middle of the album, ‘Baby’ breaks up the blue sequenc
