After decades of performance and songwriting, it is clear that every aspect of Danah Denice’s new record “Light from a Dark Room” reflects her devotion to honesty.

Her voice is like smoky velvet, weaving an agile density around lyrics that feel like a raw confessional we’ve all been holding onto. The nods to her influences – Carole King, Fiona Apple, Damien Rice, and Joni Mitchell – are found in both arrangement and word but above all else, Danah commits to creating a space that is hers and making sure it breathes.

Whether it’s a swell of a cymbal, a bare grand piano, a filtered echo, or an acoustic guitar, it is all there to support this vulnerability.