Sylvie Simmons - You Are In My Arms

"A uke has a sad, fractured sweetness and a modesty. It doesn’t try to impress you, it almost apologizes for being there," says Sylvie Simmons of her instrument. The baby guitar provides a perfect, non-invasive backing to Simmons' tender vocals. 
Simmons has been at the hub of music culture since the seventies as a seminal rock writer. Now with some encouragement from Howe Gelb of Giant Sand she has released an album of songs she thought she'd never have the nerve to perform. It feels as one is listening in on a delicate intimate performance played maybe in a moonlit attic. Thanks for letting us eavesdrop.