Kasey Chambers - 2011 album from the Australian singer/songwriter, a collection of songs that inspired her to become a musician. 'It was exciting to be a human jukebox for this record,' she confesses, 'to get the chance to record the songs I love.' One of the darkest songs to ever scale the pop charts, Suzanne Vega's 'Luka' is the first single from Storybook and has been a personal favorite of Kasey's since she first heard it on release in 1987. Kasey also works her magic on gutsy, soulful tunes hand-picked from the songbooks of Paul Kelly, Lucinda Williams, Steve Earle, Fred Eaglesmith, Patty Griffin and many others. These are songs with a fair bit of grit in their grooves, populated by very real, very human characters. - cduniverse.com

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