The singer of San Francisco's legendary Avengers, she also makes brilliant, literate folk pop, that Billboard Magazine calls "a beam of sunlight on a dreary winter morning... A rare find."

12 MP3 Songs
FOLK: Folk Blues, ROCK: Folk Rock



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Penelope's first acoustic album.
The All Music Guide gives it a 4****1/2-Best-of-Artist rating.
"The band provides stunning backdrops for her voice--always an impressive instrument, and now possessed with a roundness more akin to British folk-blues artists. Compares with the best of Pentangle. The skill with which the Birdboys execute their jazz-folk-blues rhythms makes the comparison appropriate. The record is a fine achievement ..something quite fresh."-Puncture.
A CMJ Jackpot! review called Birdboys "light years away from the Avengers sound, though no less fervent. Penelope's voice takes on a lilt and range that is sweetly infectious enough to warm the most cynical of ears. If life hasn't meant much to you since Richard and Linda Thompson broke up, Penelope's acrobatic vocals, and lyrics that deal deftly with adult themes like love and politics will give you purpose once again."