“Laurie Geltman’s music is easy to hear without being easy listening, smart without being glib, soulful and pointed without being overt or preachy. It is a nexus of rock, pop, R&B, and even hip-hop that sounds natural and unbeholden to its influences. Her voice, full of melody and spirit, carries her themes home, and her dynamic musicianship resonates with skill and authority. While Geltman draws inspiration from the past, she is truly an artist for the present, working with her eyes, ears, and heart wide open.” - —Ted Drozdowski
— editorial director, Premier Guitar
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“"...A style that mixes equal parts grit and revelation. Listeners will hang on her words, but they'll also move to her music." ”
— -San Antonio Express-News
“Geltman's comfortable playing full-tilt rock as well as introspective acoustic ballads. She's the whole package.” - Ken Capobianco
— Billboard
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Released 3/1/24
"Break Up This Fallow Ground"
“Laurie Geltman follows her dreamy ode to the epiphanies of pop radio, ‘Radio,’ with the lovely, austere ‘Break Up This Fallow Ground,’ a song about barren souls and tentative hope.
It's a remarkably assured track that accents Geltman's impressive vocal and songwriting strengths. The eerie song opens with a spare guitar that hovers and haunts throughout, as Geltman sings of "some hearts too cold to turn." While the track is laden with melancholy and sadness, it ultimately hints at possibility and renewal.
Geltman's aching vocal reflects someone who has seen too much and received too little while moving forward with the hope of harvesting the fruits of life. You don't have to be a Bible scholar to know that we break up the fallow ground (shake off stasis or, perhaps, bring order to personal chaos) to live more fulfilling lives and transcend what keeps us from growing. Perfectly suited for a Wim Wenders film, ‘Break Up This Fallow Ground’ is Geltman's soundtrack for the hesitant steps toward existential peace."
-Ken Capobianco
Freelance Music Critic; Boston Globe, Staff writer Smooth Jazz News