Tori Holub - Something To Believe In (2024)

I don't usually post at the weekend as that's normally taken up with getting things ready for posting during the week, but on Friday I stumbled on a Youtube video titled 'Is THIS Karen Carpenter's voice reincarnated', and I couldn't possibly turn that down, could I? I watched the video, expecting it to be about some X Factor contestant with a passing resemblance to that flawless vocal, but it turned out that Tori Holub really does have the most perfect voice, and her effortless vocal style could easily be mistaken for Karen Carpenter, and so I spent the rest of the weekend checking out her Youtube posts, and just felt that I had to post this now and get her name out there. Obviously she puts this vocal resemblance to good use, and has covered quite a number of Carpenter's songs, but she's also picked other classic tracks from the 70's and covered those as well, and so this proves that she isn't just a Karen Carpenter tribute act. The only downside is that she's very much into her Tok Tok, and so most of the videos that are posted on Youtube are only one minute long, although luckily she has collaborated with Jim MIDI Doctor, who has gathered some of his friends to help out, and with the assistance of Gary Badger on trumpets and flugelhorns, Ynping Mak on violins, Yoann Palacio on drums and Clayton Whisenant on bass, they've recorded a complete band version of 'We've Only Just Begun'. She has actually released a single as well, which is the title track of this album, plus three Christmas songs, and one more full length Carpenter's track, with her version of 'Superstar', but the piece de resistance is her take on a Bacharach/David medley. This is done live in the studio to a pre-recorded backing tape in one take, and you can see her accept the challenge and complete this in the Youtube video here. As well as being a superb singer and musician, she is also an aspiring audio engineer, and so all the vocals that you hear are hers, multi-tracked to provide the harmonies that she then sings along to. As well as the afore-mentioned songs, I've also found a recording of 'Georgia On My Mind', and to give an idea of the Tik Tok videos that she's posting, I've taken a bunch of them and compiled a Beatles medley and a 70's medley of the one minute snippets. Once you've listened to this album then do check out Youtube and Tik Tok here to listen to more of her music, and when she's a global star then remember where you heard her first.

Track listing
 
01 We've Only Just Begun
02 Merry Christmas. Darling
03 Georgia On My Mind
04 My Christmas Dreams
05 Something To Believe In
06 Beatles Medley
07 Superstar
08 Bacharach/David Medley
09 Christmas Again
10 70's Medley