Word: balladeering
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...DIED. BARRY WHITE, 58, moody, mountainous singer known as the "Black Walrus of Love" whose libidinous baritone and concupiscent lyrics inspired ardor on divans and backseats through the 1970s; of kidney failure; in Los Angeles. White took the bawdy jazz ballad and applied a lush varnish of soul to produce such hits as Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe and You're the First, the Last, My Everything. White was rediscovered by younger generations and in 2000 won his first two Grammys for the song Staying Power...
...extremely long lunch, there's nothing like settling into Perugia's Arena Santa Giuliana to hear the endlessly inventive saxophonist Sonny Rollins deconstruct the melody of, say, Thelonious Monk's Crepuscule with Nellie - in just the kind of magical twilight that might have inspired it. Monk's angular ballad could tumble out of Rollins' horn on July 17, when the star headlines the Umbria Jazz Festival. If it does, it'll be just one of the perfect, spontaneous moments dazzling jazz fans as Europe's summer festival season kicks off. Though jazz today lacks megastars like Miles Davis - who could...
DIED. GEORGE WYLE, 87, creator, along with producer Sherwood Schwartz, of one of TV's most whistleable tunes, The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle, the theme from the popular 1960s sitcom Gilligan's Island; of leukemia; in Tarzana, Calif. He wrote more than 400 other songs, including the Christmas classic The Most Wonderful Time of the Year...
...most satisfying tracks are those that borrow from the Clash, such as Gene by Gene, though with Albarn's jumping-on-the-trailer thing. The final track, Battery in Your Leg - the only one which features Coxon - is a plaintive ode to the past. Sings Albarn, "This is a ballad for the good times," and Coxon's spacey guitar loops tell you just what he means. Could this song foretell the future? "We had a sort of band reunion at Alex's wedding," says Albarn, "and we're all getting on just fine, so I wouldn't ever discount...
Portastatic’s new album is a pleasant ballad collection for the seasonal warmth, with upbeat rhythms and alternately rousing and wistful lyrics by vocalist and drummer Mac McCaughan. Portastatic are a relaxed and unpretentious change from McCaughan’s well known indie band Superchunk...