(Mile 33 Records/Hemifran) 2024.
CD/LP/Digital
Roots music/Americana – CANADA
Lead Rapids are female-male quartet, fronted by lead singer and key author Keri Latimer. They hail from Canada, and „Velvet Paintings“ is their 3rd album.
We can find on this release 9 songs, 8 are the author’s works of Keri Latimer, and one is penned by Joanna Miller.

Leaf Rapids is in the field of warm Americana/roots music, with sophisticated, but also melodically driven songs, and with a narrative and pleasant approach, wherein the first plan is a vocal of mentioned Keri Latimer. „Velvet Paintings“ possesses a uniform atmosphere and expects well-done arrangements, whereas the other details, satisfy as well.

„Velvet Paintings“ as an album contains the songs done in mostly mid to mid-up tempo, where all the time following instrumentation, as same as distant rhythmicity support convincible author’s creations.
hemifran.com/news
leafrapidsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/velvet-paintings
jan 25 2025
LEAF RAPIDS – „Velvet Paintings“
(Mile 33 Records/Hemifran) 2024.
CD/LP/Digital
Roots music/Americana – CANADA
Lead Rapids are female-male quartet, fronted by lead singer and key author Keri Latimer. They hail from Canada, and „Velvet Paintings“ is their 3rd album.
We can find on this release 9 songs, 8 are the author’s works of Keri Latimer, and one is penned by Joanna Miller.
Leaf Rapids is in the field of warm Americana/roots music, with sophisticated, but also melodically driven songs, and with a narrative and pleasant approach, wherein the first plan is a vocal of mentioned Keri Latimer. „Velvet Paintings“ possesses a uniform atmosphere and expects well-done arrangements, whereas the other details, satisfy as well.
„Velvet Paintings“ as an album contains the songs done in mostly mid to mid-up tempo, where all the time following instrumentation, as same as distant rhythmicity support convincible author’s creations.
hemifran.com/news
leafrapidsmusic.bandcamp.com/album/velvet-paintings
Objavio Branimir Lokner • International reviews • • Tags: Americana, Branimir Lokner, Hemifran, Joanna Miller, Keri Latimer, Leaf Rapids, roots music, Time Machine Music, Velvet Paintings