Kim Taylor broke into music in 2002 with So Black, So Bright, and quickly earned a reputation for herself even though her music was distributed only via online sources. A native Ohioan, Taylor shifted from her home state to Indianapolis for The Greatest Story, a five-song EP.

The singer-songwriter delivers her lyrics in a breathy rasp accompanied by spare jazz instrumentation interspersed occasionally with some plangent guitar work. She's been compared vocally to Fiona Apple, but I hear a younger Kate Wolf.

The EP's a thoughtful offering to listeners. Most songs bore repeating and some have quite literally become personal favorites.

The two best songs in this collection are the last. "Lamb" is a haunting confession of dysfunctional family relations, and it literally evoked shivers in me. A murder ballad or something more, it's strong stuff and well worth hitting the repeat button more than once. "Roses" talks about a daughter's parting from her family. She's growing up and getting an opinion of her own, but she's not taken everything away from her family when she leaves; she left behind her mother's roses in her garden, though I believe the parents will think the "prize flower" has flown the nest.