Word: mellowness
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...JACOB SMILED. An indie element on the move, the band molds music as distinct as its enigmatic name. Born from rock, groove, pop and jazz, the Boston trio’s mellow fare is made dissonant with noisy, upbeat guitar and drums. Catch guitarist/songwriter Gregory Kasabian, drummer Jason Bonarrigo and bass player Steve Moynihan while they still play weddings and are in the midst of moving onto bigger things. Sunday, August 17 at 10:55 p.m. $5. T.T. the Bear’s Place, 10 Brookline...
DIED. ELISABETH WELCH, 99, American-born expatriate cabaret and jazz singer, adored by Cole Porter, Noel Coward and Paris cafe society; outside London. A hit on the London stage, she later took her mellow voice to New York City; she made a splash in Porter's New Yorkers by singing Love for Sale, a song about prostitution. In the 1980s she won acclaim for her one-woman show A Time to Start Living and the musical revue Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood...
...music-chart show, the ICAC launched a full-scale investigation of Hong Kong's entertainment world last Wednesday and has since arrested some 28 industry bigwigs. Those arrested include singer Juno Mak; his father Clement Mak, the chairman of CCT Telecom, which owns Mak's management company, Mellow Studio; Alex Chan, the president of Mak's record label, Universal Music Hong Kong; three staff members of local broadcaster TVB; and Albert Yeung, the founder of Emperor Entertainment Group. Several of Yeung's stars, including Eason Chan, Nicholas Tse and Joey Yung, were spotted at ICAC offices and were thought...
...British Invasion; of cancer; in London. Famous for his sharp yet adventurous ear for pop songs, he discovered the Animals and Herman's Hermits, shaped the careers of such solo artists as Donovan and Lulu, and produced such hits as the Animals' House of the Rising Sun, Donovan's Mellow Yellow and the Hermits' I'm into Something Good...
Last Sunday, on their first American tour in five years, the band set off T.T. the Bear’s Place in Central Square with favorites from Neon Golden, including songs like “Pilot and This Room” and the mellow and airy “Pick Up the Phone.” Acher’s plaintive voice onstage sounds much like it does on record, hovering softly over washes of keyboard and guitar played to fluid but complex rhythms. What is surprising about the live show is the band’s newfound energy, which...