Lin McEwan: "Feel" (borderline NSFW)

Lin McEwan gives a new meaning to the term "naked" here. Because yeah, the style of the video owes a fair bit to Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" -- and she owns up to it at YouTube -- but the song itself is also pretty emotionally naked, raw, real. Her voice sounds a little unusual to me ... not used to a female voice being as deep as this, with the exception of a few people like Judy Henske. (And I *love* Ms. Judy, so mentioning her in the same breath should show that I like what I'm hearing from Ms. McEwan here.)

With such high production quality on the video AND the song, how this unsigned artist remains unsigned, why this video isn't in heavy rotation on TV (unless it is -- I don't really make contact with the mainstream that much), is just a mystery to me.

But the radio charts' loss is your gain. I've recently signed on to play podsafe music from artists represented by Ariel Publicity, including Ms. McEwan, and you'll be hearing her in upcoming shows. And her work's on iTunes -- the self-titled album contains a cover of the Randy Newman-penned Joe Cocker hit "You Can Leave Your Hat On," and this song's on the EP listed second.

Lin McEwan - Lin McEwan


Lin McEwan - Now I Know EP