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ELECTRIC
GUITARS, ELECTRIC WOMEN
A trio of recordings from electrified female musicians
provides excellent listening. Multi-instrumentalist Kate Simpkins
plays guitar, bass, keyboards as well as singing the words to the
songs she wrote on Station (www.katesimpkins.com).
The music is intelligent and poetic from this AAA, sophisticated,
song-oriented performer in the tradition of Paula Cole and Sara
McLachlan. Speaking of Canadian talent, Rita Chiarelli presents
her bold, brassy blues-rock on another fine solo album: Breakfast
at Midnight (Northern Blues Music, www.northernblues.com).
The powerful vocalist presents a solid, rocking blues band steeped
in Chicago traditions. Vocalist Julie Adams is a talented singer-songwriter
that also has true ability to make a song her own. On Live, Vol.
2 (Gadfly; POB 5231, Burlington, VT 05402; www.gadflyrecords.com)
the Mountain Stage Band joins her for a follow up recording of sophisticated
jazz-rock and folk-rock originals and covers. An impressive array
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 Delerium
Poem
Nettwerk Productions
1650 W. 2nd Ave, Vancouver, B.C., Canada V6J 4R3
http://www.nettwerk.com
info@nettwerk.com
Delerium is creators of ethnotechno with deep, substantial rhythms.
As if the lineup changes that were prologue to this release infused
an opening dynamism, most of the tracks feature a different guest
artist. These include Mediaeval Baebes, Lisa Gerrard, Sixpence None
The Richer's Leigh Nash and more. This album is about the female
voice and Delerium's techno, the only exception being the effeminate
voice of Matthew Sweet on one track. The group's sophisticated world
beat is a unique offering in contemporary electronica. (4)
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Tara
Jane ONeil
In The Sun Lines
Quarterstick Records
POB 25342, Chicago, IL 60625
info@tgrec.com
Simply recorded in a Louisville ballroom, In The Sun Lines echoes
the understated melancholy that is ONeil's style and the signature
of the Louisville-Chicago mood rockers she springs from: The Sonora
Pine, Retsin and Rodan. Various guest artists from that scene were
brought without preparation into this personal project of minimalism
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Evora
Sao Vicente
Windham Hill
Cesaria Evora is the peerless jazz vocalist from Cape Verde. She
is an Edit Piaf with African touches. The dialect of Portuguese
sung here sounds distinctly French and transports us to a pre-World
War II Parisian lounge. Evora chose songs from Mario Lucio, Ti Goy,
B. Leza and more to put together a mosaic looking back on tougher
days and celebrating a life that sees Evora take her music around
the globe. Bonnie Raitt duets with Evora on Crepuscular Solidao
and elsewhere Evora shares the vocals with Pedro Guerra, Chucho
Valdes, Orquesta Aragon and Caetano Veloso. (5) |
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Elza
Elza
Elza
540 W. Boston Post Rd, Box 198, Mamaroneck, NY 10543
http://www.elzamusic.com
Elza grew up traveling between a mother in South Carolina doing
watercolors and a father in Germany inclined to Classical music.
She wound up with songs of vivid lyrics and tight pop melodies.
She briefly went into operatic training before returning to songwriting
with greater technical ability. Her award-winning talents make Elza
a superlative album. (3.5) |
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Country
Deconstructing Paradise
Paved Country
http://www.pavedcountry.com
Paved Country is a song-oriented modern country ensemble led by
two female vocalists: Sarah Mendelsohn and Marjie Alonso. They write
the songs and alternate between lead and harmony vocals. Their songs
on the different aspects of love are beautiful and moving featuring
a wide range of acoustic guitar types and varied instrumentation,
including bass saxophone and pedal steel, on every track. (3.5)
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 Jann
Arden
Blood Red Cherry
Rounder/Zoë
http://www.rounder.com
Jann Arden is a singing songwriter. She is a true songbird in the
classic pop sense. Minimal backing on this album, largely of electro-beats
serves to bring her voice and poetry directly to the surface. Listen
to the production of Patsy Cline and Anne Murray albums and you
will hear that Arden is following a tested formula of past divas.
Each Arden pop-rock track aches with real, heartfelt emotion on
this petal-delicate release. (3.5) |
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Current
reading list:
"The Psychology of Computer Programming" (Weinberg)
"New York is Now! The New Wave of Free Jazz" (Phil Freeman)
"A History of the Arab Peoples"
"Lost Empires" (J. B. Priestly)
"War and Peace" (Tolstoy)
"Small Change: A Life of Tom Waits" (Patrick Humphries)
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