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"Kenni, the radiant debut from San Francsico-based singer-songwriter Kenni, flows like a warm natural spring from her soul. Her melodic voice has a sweet, beautiful ache, a nakedness, a floating urgency, and is complemented wonderfully by Andrew Freeman's tasteful likcs, Lance Inouye's sweetly trickling piano accompaniment, and buoyant harmonies. Violin and harmonica tinge several tracks with country and blues strokes. Above all, Kenni truly inhabits the poetic imagery of her lyrics, breathing into them what feels like real-time vulnerability. The expressive contours of her vocals call to mind the phrasing of Jonathat Brooke, whom Kenni credits as an inspiration and mentor... Susan Werner, Gillian Welch, 'Patties' Griffin and Larkin, Livingston Taylor, and Chris Whitley." by Jim Kirlin