MP3 Ashley Chambliss - in this Ocean

intelligent, beautiful piano based pop that rocks

12 MP3 Songs
POP: Today's Top 40, POP: Piano



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...a keyboard wizard who makes one piano sound like two... Creative Loafing-- Atlanta

***Ashley Chambliss
Oh, what a lovely voice! Chambliss' singing holds heaven and hell in equal measure: Sweet, breathy highs swoop south across a single note into broken-hearted phrasing that will eat your cynicism for breakfast. Comparisons (Sarah McLachlan-like beauty meets Rickie Lee Jones' melancholic cool?) ultimately fail; Chambliss' gift is too complex. Sadly for Asheville, she's soon to be some other city's treasure: Chambliss leaves next month for Berklee School of Music. Here's hoping that theory-fixated Boston college doesn't hamper her outrageous gifts: Chambliss' piano playing is accomplished and emotive; she composes with a sweeping, beautiful authority; she doesn't skimp on hooks; she's blessed with an intuitive understanding of harmony; and, yes, she's got that voice. Her Bele Chere show heralds the release of her sophomore effort, In This Ocean. See her play, or risk an "I told you so" once her future ignites somewhere else.
- Frank Rabey--Mountain Xpress, Asheville, NC
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***Ashley Chambliss is an astonishing pianist who has been playing for as long as she can remember. Ashley is an accomplished singer-songwriter that began performing in 1997 while she was in Asheville. Her latest album is entitled In This Ocean. Asheville Citizen Times

** a gifted pianist with a voice like velvet coated candy.
Frank Rabey Mountain Xpress


***Singer-pianist Ashley Chambliss looks to be one of the brightest new young talents, with her amazing voice, top keyboard skills and profound lyrics.
Tony Kiss, Asheville Citizen Times

***Chambliss is...romantic, but there's edginess between the lines. Alli Marshall, Mountain Express

***Singer-songwriter Ashley Chambliss is making a name for herself with a sweet piano sound. . .
Asheville Citizen Times

***Ashley Chambliss, a new-to-the-scene pianist/singer whose shockingly distinctive voice recalls some combination of Jewel, Sarah McLachlan and Rickie Lee Jones.
Marsha Barber, Mountain Express

*in this Ocean was recorded and produced by Matthew Mauney at Square Root Studios in Asheville, North Carolina

*Ashley's first album titled, 'nakedsongs' is available via request
through her website..