Word: ashcrofts
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Regardless, it’s clear that the downtempo rock ballad is Ashcroft’s specialty—and for good reason. Few rock artists can so effectively wield an orchestra as thematic element, and even fewer have (as Ashcroft has done) managed to compose memorable instrumental lines that utterly complement the vocals...
...Richard Ashcroft...
...Richard Ashcroft is like a filmmaker who’s had enough of directing commercials. Human Conditions is Ashcroft’s feature-length epic, an album that dispenses with lightheartedness in favor of profound philosophical meditations...
Gone are lyrics like “the drugs don’t work/they just make you worse.” Instead, Ashcroft writes songs that ponder “the human condition, the big decisions”, as he summarizes in his opening track...
...Early last week, FBI officials tried to persuade Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge and Attorney General John Ashcroft to move back to yellow, but until Thursday, both men favored the CIA perspective. "While some (reported threats) haven't panned out," said an official familiar with their reasoning, "other things (of a threatening nature) have come in and have to be run down...