UNFOLD - MARIE DIGBY
This young, Los Angeles-based folk-pop lady rocketed to renown last year with a bare-bones YouTube cover of Rihanna’s “Umbrella” that garnered millions of views and eventually found its way to top 40 radio and MTV’s “The Hills.” A slightly souped-up version of “Umbrella” closes out Marie Digby’s debut, but original material dominates “Unfold,” which should appeal to fans of Vanessa Carlton, Sara Bareilles and Ingrid Michaelson. As her YouTube clips make clear, Digby has a voice worthy of the solo-acoustic approach; what she doesn’t have yet are the tunes, so the best cuts here surround her singing with lots of high-end pop-rock studio flash. Cue up the jaunty “Stupid for You” or the crunchy “Girlfriend” for highlights.
