Mary Battiata & Little Pink

‘Virginia’s Mary Battiata sings like an angel, resembling, variously, Linda Thompson, Margo Timmins or Roseanne Cash.  . . . Her New Orleans-flavored, swampy “Charm Offensive” warns of a heartbreaker who’s cold as ice, while in the Calexico-like noir of “Extinction,” Battiata’s world-weariness is palpable as she ponders our eventual fate. Her country-ish, atmospheric Katrina meditation “Wind and Water” vividly places you back in the midst of devastation and creeping horror . . .  by peering into the darkness, Battiata is wielding the illuminating rays of hope.’ — Fred Mills, Harp