The Poma-Swank

The Poma-Swank: Red Sky In Brooklyn

by Budd Kopman
September 18, 2006

Red Sky In Brooklyn is one of the most enjoyable releases I have listened to in a long while. Combining superb musicianship with the ability to communicate directly to the listener, Kate Bell and company manage to simultaneously entertain and enlighten. The Poma-Swank band was created by vocalist Kate Bell and guitarist Ethan Hein, and its by-word is “sassy jazz from Brooklyn." Bell oozes sass and does not hide her personality behind their voice--her instrument is not ...