By: Lisa M. Bello

December 23, 2007

Everything about Erica Knight is therapeutic. From her day job as a massage therapist and acupuncturist to her melodic acoustic pop songs, she brings peace and love wherever she goes.

Her debut release When You Go is filled with bittersweet, well written pop songs that are all seemingly sing-a-long worthy. Most of her songs were poppy and catchy but the track that stood out to me was "Right About You". It starts out with an ode to the Negro spiritual "This little light of mine" replacing "light" with "heart" and then molds into a beautiful original song about a lover gone away and the insecurities and thought patterns that come along with that. The drums and percussion really add to the atmosphere of this beautiful song as well as the other tracks on the album. Comparable to Norah Jones and Natalie Merchant, I could definitely hear Erica Knight's music on any contemporary rock station as a heavy rotator.

Erica Knight plays mostly solo acoustic at shows but sometimes there is the rare treat of a three piece band to completely flesh out her sound.

At the time of writing this she only seems to be playing in the Ontario, Canada area so if you live nearby and want to check her out, check out her well updated myspace page at http://www.myspace.com/ericalknight.