Bliss is…

By Molly Busby
Sante Fe New Mexican

“I know, it’s kind of like a death sentence,” Taos musician and New Goddess Productions artist Stephanie Lee said of her self-designation as a singer-songwriter.
Yup, seems as if everybody has his own CD these days. But Lee’s two-year project Bliss is the Aftermath just gets better with each listen.
The careful vocals and the harmonies with herself are jazzy, bluesy and self-styled, moving in unexpected directions at unusual intervals, lending punctuation to pointed lyrics.

In White Picket Fences, Lee nails conservative political rhetoric. In Mary, she questions the motives behind institutionalized religion. And on many other cuts, she wails out our common philosophical conundrums.

For a taste of music off the beaten path, hear Lee and saxophonist Peter Barbeau perform cuts from Bliss at 8 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 25, at Borders Books & Music, Sanbusco Market Center, 500 Montezuma Ave.