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...with the indoor dazzle of its museums, galleries and exhibition halls. This fall's lineup is exceptionally eclectic. In addition to the blockbuster Matisse and Picasso show at the Grand Palais and the big Max Beckmann retrospective at the Centre Pompidou, the season's new shows include Old Masters, guitar gods and great photographers. At the Musée d'Orsay, Manet/Velázquez, The Spanish Manner in the 19th Century documents the influence of the great 17th and 18th century Spanish painters - Velázquez, Mur?llo, Zurbarán, Ribéra, Goya - on such 19th century French artists...
...Francis has not entirely deserted the hybrid style of Dispatch. As the Kazaa categories and reviews attest, Francis’ album So They Say includes elements of jazz, reggae, rock and folk. The album’s ten songs are mellow in tone, melding the simple smoothness of bass, guitar, percussion and keyboard. Though the album doesn’t inspire riotous movement, Francis in concert does...
Francis opened with “Train Window,” a mellow poetic song on the album, but amplified the guitar solos in performance to build excitement. The audience responded by cheering, dancing and singing along. Francis never cut the torrent of music, never allowing a pause for applause...
...songs are artfully constructed, ranging from the introspective “My Sins” to the teasingly jazzy intro of “Before You Met Me.” Bell and Palmer’s guitar work is unaffected and terse, neither giving in to indie-style chord pounding nor dissolving into noodling solos. That said, album-opener “Green Eyes” boasts a yearning solo that might make the Edge proud. Matthew J. Kamen ’03 provides lithe basslines that mostly remain tied to the bass drum of Travis M. Beamish...
Guitarist Eric Krasno was no less impressive. Moving fluidly between jazz chord voicings, Hendrix-like blues riffs and soulful lead lines, Krasno is a master of his instrument in all capacities. He spent the night leaning against a bar stool, often mimicking his guitar lines with moaning facial expressions...