"When I received your CD, my first thought was that If the inside is half as beautiful as the outside, this is going to be great. Thankfully, I wasn't let down. Each song on "Choose Beauty" is a wonderfully crafted and authentically performed piece of beauty. Thank you for birthing this creative piece of art."
“Godfrey's gift as a songwriter lies in being able to put a subtle twist on ordinary things. She sings of motherhood, characters stuck in mundane jobs, and self-acceptance with so much attention to detail that the lyrics often stumble upon clever truths that should only be evident to the characters themselves. In "Donuts And Daydreams" the beehive-haired owner of a donut shop ultimately walks away from her life "to fill the hole inside". In one of the CD's high points, "Stuff" she complains of the clutter in her life : "I needed all this to function, I was dying of consumption". This leads to a massive purge, her liberation and a road trip, only to discover that she can't travel until her Ford Explorer is full of snack foods, maps, CDs, sunglasses, air freshener, a cooler of soda, and "a heated cushion for my rear". Throughout the CD Godfrey's crystal clear falsetto voice floats, dips and glides above the acoustic guitars, mandolins and accordions that provide some solid earth on which she occasionally lands. "Choose Beauty", as the title suggests, persuades us beautifully (and with some self-deprecating humor) that life is really a matter of one's outlook on it.â€
The thing I like most about this collection of songs is that all the songs are your voice as a songwriter. And you have some important things to say that so many people can relate to about inner beauty, hope, joy. The production is spot on – simple, but not simplistic. All around great stuff. I really enjoyed listening to it.