Caroline Drury

Caroline Drury: Loving You, Loving Me

by Mark Sabbatini
March 31, 2005

"I'll always want the simple life, Canadian singer Caroline Drury croons on the opening chorus of Loving You, Loving Me. It's also a mentality that serves her best on this album.

Drury, 24, sings 11 ballads with sparse backings, including eight originals, on a evenhanded folk/jazz performance fans of Norah Jones will feel at home with. There's nothing remarkable, but in the vast range between classic and forgettable albums it falls on the favorable side of the worthy/unworthy ...