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press Heidi Little's new work has more complexity, daring and spiritual depth than anything she's done before. But it still holds, at its centre, to what's always been true. Heidi Little can write a riff. Her tunes soar through ear, and straight to your heart, where they settle in like they've always been there. She is unique, authentic, an enormously talented songwriter, and someone who never fails to keep the faith with her art--and yet wildly entertaining and grabby. Kelley Jo Burke producer, CBC Radio -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledging challenges undergone as a world and as a people, Heidi Little's new album, Dreams of Grandeur, offers more than quintessential reflections to be heard through passionate, authentically solid and much needed music. Filled with a voice of human will, perseverance, toleration and love, each track contributes to a journey transitioning from day to day steps, to reaching life's eternal doorways and pillars, within. The album recognizes that pieces in the grand puzzle of truth's reality often spill, and as such, Ms. Little reminds us to lift them up from the ground, so that we may put them together in the sky. The first song on the album, "Fly," begins with the lyrics, "I've been thinking lately, we could use a little time - just to lead to something, to expand our minds" - a fraction of the cause for internal R/Evolution. While the album generally combines elements of traditional folk, pop, and rock, listen carefully and one can also hear experimentations with meditative sound space, as heard in the beginning of "The Song" and in certain parts of "Movin On." Any one who has ever felt the thorns in a rose, or the peace of having a friend nearby, will surely feel an impact from Dreams of Grandeur. JV Delalunas, Author, UK -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Carrying on the tradition of great female troubadours from Canada, Heidi has made a lovely record. A little Alanis Morrisette, a little Buffy Sainte Marie she's grown into her own sound over the last couple years. We used to go see punk rock shows when we were kids, she's come a long way since then and I'm happy to witness the process. David Bason, Road Runner Records, New York