A Listener's
Testimony...

        Each morning as I sit and map the never ending winding roads that life lays out before me, I fill my room with the sounds of Acoustic Perfume.
       The resplendent sound of Aliah Selah's voice collaborating with my mind to find my way past the dead ends roads that lead to nowhere. Each song takes me to a peaceful place, where I can assess my inner peace and find the way that leads to a place we will all hopefully end up some day, at one with myself and the world around me. Songs such as “Listen”, will prompt us to slow down because we tend to move too fast and forget that, if we give her the chance, Mother Nature will inspirit us. As each song unfolds unto my ears, I am spellbound at Aliah's ability to pull me into complete bliss. Sharing with me her lessons of life and love. Teaching me with her lyrics, guiding me with her voice. For these gifts she gives unto me freely, I thank her” .

-Kelley Hartlove

        Aliah Selah’s Acoustic Perfume is one of the truest, most brilliant albums I have heard in a long time. Aliah sings with such emotion… she has a way of telling stories that allows us to travel alongside her, through the many journeys and lessons life has to offer. Her songs are driven by experience, you hear her heart and soul in every line she sings and plays on piano. “Up With Moonlight”, the first song, opens with organic textures of mandolin & cello. It conjures up images of gypsies dancing around a big campfire under a full moon lit night. 

        The next song “Listen” begins with sitar, and has a psychedelic pop of a late 60’s Beatlesque vibe.  The title track “Acoustic Perfume” has a dreamlike quality, conjuring déjà vu - the coincidences that make friends out of strangers as eyes meet… for the first time? Aliah places liquid poetry over a woven tapestry of sounds and styles.  She moves through anguish, romance, awakening and maternal love with beauty and finesse.  Her voice alone is so calming and powerful, it will move you.  In her song “Who Said”, she asks the question so many of us have asked at some point, “who said loving was easy… just cause it can be easy in bed?” And in her song “Cool”, she cuts through the frustrations of a relationship to reveal: “nothing is simple, but real is cool”. 

        With traces of jazz, blues, folk, and ambient, Acoustic Perfume is enchanting, perfect for every situation and mood.  Take it with you while traveling, it’s good music to explore by. Listen to it with your child, while basking in the moonlight, laying close to your partner, or stitching up an old wound. Aliah Selah is a gem… close your eyes and hear her shine.