Word: counterpoint
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...Hide Out," the opening track, Obetz adds a shimmering counterpoint to the guitar line in the first verse. He doesn't stand out, but subtly supports the structure created by the rest of the instruments. Though "Hide Out" doesn't win any awards for complexity, Buttercup's pop sensibility and devotion to melody are apparent in the song's well-structured design and focus on vocals. "Hide Out" doesn't get in the way of itself. From the first downbeat, this is a rocking tune; Lech's drums propel it all the way through, but he stays restrained and doesn...
...obligations rather than privilege and entitlement." Missing here is the fiery Robinson old-time fans remember not just running the bases but also thundering around them, leaving spectators in the box seats swearing they had felt the vibrations. But Rampersad's dispassionate tone is, on the whole, an effective counterpoint to his impassioned subject...
...album can be disconcerting, but the emotion put into the music by the musicians carries the album magnificently. Each of the many players emerges with a distinctive voice, and together they paint a fascinating aural canvas. The all-out wailing of Gary Bartz's sax provides a sharp counterpoint to John McLaughlin's oblique, introverted guitar solos. The album seems to drag on at times, particularly during one very long drum solo, but the variety and enthusiasm is enough to make it a great listen...
...Redford's early hits, Downhill Racer--but Salter eventually retreated to Colorado and New York's Long Island to concentrate on his meticulously crafted novels and short fiction. (A collection, Dusk and Other Stories, won the 1988 PEN/Faulkner Award, and his 1956 novel, The Hunters, was recently reprinted by Counterpoint Press...
...instruments as the opera L'Orfeo: strings, cornetti, sackbuts, recorders, organs, lutes, harpsichords; it uses the same numbers and types of voices, and most of the same wonderful musical techniques: tricky echoes that turn the last syllables of a phrase into a new word; fantastic fast notes; learned counterpoint. It is a piece drawing specifically on the talents of the musicians Monteverdi regularly worked with...