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Eileen Bertsch: Eileen

by Jim Santella
October 21, 2005

With her program of popular songs and show tunes, Eileen Bertsch brings back memories. They're the songs that we've come to know and to love. Her strong voice, backed by a studio orchestra and strings, forces itself through with a powerful will.

As if acting on stage during a musical drama, the singer projects deliberately, while interpreting each selection full steam ahead. Bertsch overwhelms with “Over the Rainbow" as she belts its soaring melody out powerfully. No one ...