Danielle Tibedo and Cregan Montague of divineMAGgees (pronounced "Maggies") are a New England acoustic/electric duo currently based out of Asheville, NC, playing violin & guitar. Their very distinctive vocal harmonies are making listeners turn their heads and want to know immediately “who is that?” Roughly comparable to Indigo Girls & Aimee Mann in style, their voices and lush instrumentals set this team off with an identity of their own that once heard, becomes the highly recognizable “Divine Maggees sound.” The mature, melodic & soulful songwriting on their current full length CD “Love Me Like The Roses” puts them directly in line with the kind of radio format that serious music lovers are waiting for. 　　 　　CD review 　　by Amber Shannon, Upstate Beat 　　 　　divineMAGgees 　　Love Me Like the Roses (Babajan Publishing, 2005) 　　 　　It’s not often that a cd will come along and capture me in such a way. With haunting melodies and a romantic grace that spills truth through the words that remain long after the cd ends, Love Me Like the Roses is a must have in your cd collection. The first studio release by the female rock duo divineMAGgees possesses an intoxicating feel that is near spiritual. The way Danielle Tibedo and Cregan Montague’s voices intertwine and compliment each other is nothing short of bliss. Tibedo’s sound at times reminds me of a gentler Ani Difranco while Montague’s can be described as a softer, almost angelic sound. Add in the fact that she’s a master on the fiddle and Tibedo’s capricious guitar makes this talented twosome a pleasure with a sound that is truly unique. I have never heard anything quite like the divineMAGgees; it has the feel of having always been -- almost familiar. 　　 　　From songs like “Riverlady” with an old-time deep country sound, to the opening song “Little Black Crow” that has a more upbeat tempo and lyrics that have yet to leave my head to the title track that that is a perfect example of their beautiful harmonies, Love Me Like The Roses is a rare find. 　　 　　In an interview with Face magazine, Cregan tells of the divineMAGgees song writing method, “I believe that each song that is and will be already exists as an independent being. We tap into the energy of a song when the time is right, and through inspiration, intuition and craft, manifest that song into a physical life.” 　　 　　I’ll take that. Anything less would not truly convey the intense emotion or the fierce, sultry sound that is Love Me Like The Roses.