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...South African experience. The trc, a courtlike body open to victims and perpetrators of apartheid-era violence, held public hearings for more than two years in the mid-1990s. Intended as a compromise between a war-crimes trial and national "amnesia," the Commission, led by South Africa's confessor in chief Archbishop Desmond Tutu, offered possible amnesty for perpetrators willing to divulge all they knew, and dignity and reparations for victims. The trc is often hailed by non?South Africans as an unmitigated success. "It's almost embarrassing," says Meiring, who has traveled to places such as Rwanda...
...Confessor Brings the Flood Neko Case (Anti) Flame-haired alt-country chanteuse Neko Case is quite possibly the most versatile vocalist on the scene: she is an exhilarating power-pop balladeer, a smoldering lounge singer, a credible gospel soloist, and an expert interpreter of country-western standards. On her newly released album, “Fox Confessor Brings the Flood,” Case’s versatility is showcased over the course of twelve stellar tracks that run the gamut of musical genres. This diverse array of songs is unified by Case’s uncannily expressive vocals...
...friend once told me he'd be happy to hear Neko Case sing passages from the phone book. It's no wonder. As on Case's previous three studio albums, the voice on her latest release, Fox Confessor Brings the Flood, sucks you in with its seemingly effortless power and range, an intoxicating quality that blends the best of country and gospel. Her voice is the strongest instrument on the album. Every song feels as if it were written around...
...Case, 35, never does sound like she might as well be singing from the phone book. Her lyrics, heavy on the imagery, set a vivid mood even on those songs, like the title track, where the details of her narrative seem fuzzy. From start to finish, Fox Confessor is filled with tales of loss, hard luck, and longing that leave much to listeners' imagination. Take, for example. the opener Margaret vs. Pauline, a story about two young women: one graceful, with "an ingot in her breast to burn cool and collected," the other unfocused and resentful, whose "jaw aches from...
...couple punk outfits. Her upbeat alter ego from those days still surfaces regularly when she sings with the New Pornographers, Vancouver's indie pop-rock supergroup. And Case has also been in cahoots lately with Toronto twang-rockers, the Sadies, who share song-writing credit on a few Fox Confessor tracks and add instruments on a few more. Case's musical wanderings are no doubt part of what makes her talents so appealing to so many. Fox Confessor isn't so much a showcase of her versatility as much as it feels a product of it; here is an album...