EDITORIAL REVIEWS
Produced by Blake Morgan, "Ever Since" is a timeless collection of classic songs placed in a transparent, pin-lit setting that allows her to shine. Included are re-imagined versions of two Lesley Gore standards, 'You Don't Own Me' and the Academy Award nominated 'Out Here On My Own' (from Fame), seamlessly interwoven with new songs written by national recording artists Mike Errico, Blake Morgan, and Gore herself. The band - Jonathan Ellinghaus (drums), John Turner (bass), Mike Errico (guitars) and Blake Morgan (piano) features the core rhythm section of Engine Company Records, and provides a lush setting for Lesley's astonishing vocals. Mixing and mastering duties are shared between Morgan and 2005 Grammy Award winner Phil Nicolo. "Ever Since" is a Lesley Gore postcard, sent from the journey she'd always said she was going to take. Fans that have traveled with her will have a new reason to love her, and the people who haven't checked in with her in a while will fall in love all over again.

REVIEW
"Yes, Lesley Gore is back. (Ever Since) makes her return all the more welcome and enjoyable". -- The Washington Post

(Ever Since) is as mature and wistful as her early records were brash and bright. -- THE NEW YORK TIMES

In Lesley Gore's new version of "You Don't Own Me".she lends a pop classic new life. -- NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Lesley Gore is on her second run of celebrity.The result is easily the best album of her career -- THE ADVOCATE

Simple yet lush arrangements surround her voice."Better Angels" is an absolute high point in a collection of several peaks. -- BILLBOARD MAGAZINE

Subtle and brilliant.this is Gore's best work outside of her hit recordings. -- ALL MUSIC GUIDE

ABOUT THE ARTIST
The most commercially successful solo artist of the "Girl Group" era of the 60s, Gore quickly set herself apart. With a string of Quincy Jones-produced, chart-topping hits, including "Its My Party," "Judys Turn To Cry," and "You Dont Own Me," she introduced the world to a brilliant artist with pop instincts and an independent spirit that stood out against the formulaic offerings on the radio. A full-fledged star by age 16, her smash hits rang like anthems for young American women, and pointed the way for future generations of rabble-rousing pop singers from Debbie Harry, to Pat Benatar, to Madonna, to Gwen Stefaniall of whom remain in her debt.


Having maintained a constant touring schedule in major venues across the country, Lesley Gore is no less committed today. Her voice, now burnished from the years of "practice", deepens everything it touches with the hard-won wisdom of time, and in her care, songs take on new levels of meaning that less experienced artists cannot yet reach. On "Not The First," (written by Gore), she warns a friend about the perils of blind love ("youre not the first/ to think youll be the last,"), but could just as easily be warning Avril Lavigne about the perils of the music business. When she lilts, "All the parties Ive been to/ you were missed" ("Ever Since"), she draws listeners back to her #1 hit, "Its My Party," while ushering them gracefully forward into the new world she now inhabits.



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