Five albums later, Kirstin Candy has lived and breathed this industry. With a nationwide tour under her belt, airplay in dozens of cities, and sessions with the top names in the biz - the word is out on Candy's music. Out of her homebase in Santa Barbara, CA, Kirstin offers a fresh look at her songwriting, with "La Vie En Rouge", the latest and most profound work to date. Produced and engineered by Tom Flowers (The Ataris/Rosewood Fall), this cross-genre recording fuses mostly Rock, Jazz and Americana styles and features stellar performances by two of the members of the Nate Birkey Quintet- Jim Connolly on bass and Cougar Estrada on drums (Los Lobos).Other noteworthy performances were contributed by Jeff Pevar on electric/acoustic guitars, pedal steel & mandolin (Crosby Stills & Nash, CPR, Ricki Lee Jones, Shawn Colvin); Stephen Ferrone (Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers) and Kenny Edwards (Linda Ronstadt/Karla Bonoff) on additional electric guitars and mandolin). - On La Vie en Rouge, long-running Santa Barbara singer-songwriter Kirstin Candy blends diverse styles into a creamy elegance, with a lush poise, like a country singer crossing over to the mainstream in a riverboat. And Candy is crossing over, from what used to be a more confused mélange of genres into a well-shaped entity, where less is more and simplicity is queen. Orange Whip studio's Tom Flowers may have something to do with reeling her in to a place of strength, not to mention the sheer quality of sound on this rich disc. Apart from the artwork, this disc is adult contemporary radio-ready. - Santa Barbara Independent