Twisting Wind

"After the raw promise of her debut EP The Sonora Sessions, the Southland-born, LA-based Helen Henderson was at a career-defining crossroads.

Go low-key again and risk being forever cast in a supporting role or go for broke and aim for the A list of female country rock-blues-folk singer-songwriters.

No hint of fear here. The southern songstress has crafted a collection of intelligent and deeply captivating stories and tunes and, impressively, assembled a stellar cast of session musicians to perform them.

You may not be familiar with names such as Doug Pettibone, David Hood and Spooner Oldham, but you will most assuredly be familiar with the people they've played for: Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Linda Ronstadt, Aretha Franklin, Rod Stewart, Duane Allman, Jewel and Lucinda Williams, with whom Henderson has often been positively referenced.

So Twisting Wind sounds great, first and foremost, with the measured power and delicately understated feels that only the world's premier session musos can provide, mixed by Grammy-winner Helik Hadar and mastered by Grammy-winner Gavin Lurssen." - Stuff 11 Nov 2009