CD Review - Cary Cooper - Dirty Little Secret

Cary Cooper – Dirty Little Secret


Tracks: 12









I first came to hear of Texas native Cary Cooper, through Facebook, no less and was immediately impressed. She has received rave reviews from numerous sources, one no less than Mary Gauthier. Her third CD, Dirty Little Secrets, comprises twelve songs, all written by Cary or her Tom Prasada Ro, who also produced the CD and added musical accompaniment, with some assistance from Tim Burlingame (Sweet Talk Radio), Jonathan Byrd and the aforementioned Mary Gauthier.

Perhaps the scene is already set for the CD by Cary’s liner notes; “ I’ve always been afraid of the truth. This collection of songs is my coming out party. Here’s to all our dirty little secrets...and having the courage to hold them up to the light“



This suggests exactly what we get, a CD of honest, from the heart songs, which cannot fail to move us, reaching our very own human experiences and emotions. Each song seems to represent part of her long and at times, difficult, journey of self discovery and self awareness. Let’s face it, which of us hasn’t or won’t find ourselves on at least part of that path during our lifetime?



The opening track, is a beautiful ballad, in which she articulates her wish that some one would catch her, or at least, join her where she finds herself. Simple and just beautiful. The title track Dirty Little Secrets, talks of playful, flirty secrets, whilst hinting at deeper, more damaging secrets, the kind left buried. In other songs she tells us of the freedom of no longer being ‘shackled’ to her shame and of her fears and hopes and dreams for the future. Everything is Coming True is full of joy as it tells of everything falling into place. At times her voice is sultry and emotional; at times more upbeat and almost playful, full of joy.



In my mind, this is a very rare CD, where every song in the collection shines, for differing reasons. Standout tracks are perhaps, For The God I Used To Know, Seventh Grade, Forgive What I Find and Consider Me. I truly cannot pick a favourite song, which is rare for me, and with repeated listening it just becomes more clear what a stunning release this is.