PREVIEW: DIANE BIRCH "WALK THE RAINBOW TO THE END"

Diane Birch is a singer-songwriter, born in Michigan, but has resided in South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Australia, among other places. She's the daughther of a pastor, whose first album Bible Belt on S-Curve records was full of sweet melodic sounds that soothe and uplift. Kind of like this new one called "Walk The Rainbow To The End;" it's the first taste off her second album release, with more details to come. She has that folky, country, yet operatic sound that rappers like to use as samples (like that ASAP Rocky/Schoolboy/Lissie thing going on). It's always surprising to see another artist's inspiration, isn't it?--They get ideas from pretty much everywhere.

Stay tuned.--GB