“It took me three hours to get home, daylight savings lended me the time,” Eleanor Murray sings on “Today”, the opening track of her debut album For Cedar. Little gems like that are what you’ll uncover when listening to this singer/songwriter hailing from Olympia, Washington, a place that seems to be the home for many of today’s upcoming folk artists.

Eleanor Murray already is considered a star though, being described as her hometown’s ”folk-country diva” by Letters, a band whose debut album she made a guest appearance on last year. And while listening to For Cedar I think it might very well be a title she deserves. With her sheer, beautiful voice Eleanor sings songs that makes one think of falling leafs, long walks and grey skies with the sunshine slowly breaking through. While definitely not the for energy junkie, it is most certainly for those who wants their heartstrings tugged on.

Accompanied by guitars, violins, soft drums and Eleanor’s shivering vibrato, For Cedar is overall a very enjoyable journey, the best destinations being “Today”, ”Walk Home”, “River”, “Electric Sky” and ”The Last Meal”.

~ “Walk Home”, “Electric Sky” ~