Word: falsetto
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...local Catholic church. "Black people in those days, they worked, they went to church, and they went to Zydeco," notes Simien, whose father was a bricklayer. "That was their life." On albums like Zydeco on the Bayou and There's Room for Us All, his high, near falsetto voice floats lovingly over a driving, rock-hard accompaniment...
...spectacle of men getting dressed up as divas and belting out Verdi in falsetto may seem a specialized taste. But the appeal of La Gran Scena goes well beyond that of your usual drag show. As they have been demonstrating on their seven-city U.S. tour, these divas can convulse mainstream audiences; and they are not only consummate clowns, but they can really sing...
...Gran Scena's brand of burlesque may owe much to Mel Brooks and the Marx Brothers, not to mention the late drag master Charles Ludlam. But it is also clearly an inside job--the work of connoisseurs who, even in falsetto and falsies, have a keen understanding of the magnificent excess that makes this art form so compelling...
...spectacle of men getting dressed up as divas and belting out Verdi in falsetto may seem a specialized taste. But the appeal of La Gran Scena goes well beyond that of your usual drag show. As they are currently demonstrating on their seven-city U.S. tour (this week: Sun Desert, California), these divas can convulse mainstream audiences; and they are not only consummate clowns, but they can really sing...
...Gran Scena's brand of burlesque may owe much to Mel Brooks and the Marx Brothers, not to mention the late drag master Charles Ludlam. But it is also clearly an inside job -- the work of connoisseurs who, even in falsetto and falsies, have a keen understanding of the magnificent excess that makes this art form so compelling...