It's amazing how much things have changed for indie artists in recent years.  In the past, being an indie artist often meant struggling to make ends meet long enough to sign with a major label so that your works could finally reach the ears of the general populace.  Here in present day, so many of the barriers that shackled artists in the past have been broken.  In an age of the Internet and MySpace, indie artists can almost achieve as much visibility as major label artists.  While Lindsey Kane hasn't quite reached that level yet, her sophomore indie release Move Me Aside shows that she's a growing artist with a good deal of potential.

With all of that said, there is not a bad album at all, and there is certainly an X-factor at work here, as Kane oozes with passion and sincerity, two things you just can't fake or produce at beck and call.  As I like to say of artists with true passion, Lindsey Kane meant what she said and said what she meant - without the faithful elephant part (if you don't get the reference, ask your parents to familiarize you with a certain Horton). 

If I were to compare Kane to any one artist, it would have to be Rebecca St. James.  They possess stylistically similar voices, and they both have a ministerial outlook, especially toward teens.  Really, the biggest difference between the two artists is in the songwriting and production, St. James having worked with some of the bigger names in the music industry in developing her songwriting skills and overall sound, where Kane has only just now worked with a more talented production cast in Grammy Award winning brothers Michael and Ron Morales.  As she continues to record, perform and further refine her sound, it will be interesting to see how things develop.  It is entirely possible that she may find herself in the same place that St. James was at the beginning of the decade.

Until then, Move Me Aside is a diverting project that some will find entertaining and moving while others may see it as more ordinary.  Given time, however, hindsight might view this as the beginning of something special.

For more insight into Lindsey Kane, be sure to check out Infuze's review with her here.

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