Word: mellowness
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...Nancy Wilson (1962) on "Capitol Sings Irving Berlin." But really "I've got to have him"; this two-part song from "Miss Liberty" itemizes the domestic indulgences a wife, then a mistress would lavish on the man they share. Starting sassy (a younger Eartha Kitt) and growing by turns mellow and desolate, Wilson gives a bravura performance the more remarkable for its emotional precision...
...Merchant takes pains to prove that she’s not just someone’s mom, as the stolid drum sample on “Saint Judas” shows. Despite the gimmick, “Judas” is the best update of Merchant’s mellow alterna-country sound. With vocals that prove that the teen-queens don’t have the monopoly on kick-ass voices, “Judas” has a sly swagger, though Merchant eschews sex appeal almost entirely on the album...
...above “spanking” their guitars to get a giggle from the fans. AAF greet their audience with an amiable, if calculated, “everybody have a-gud-day today?” and later concedes, “thanks fer digging the mellow stuff, guys— it’s our favorite stuff.” Their lyrics are tortured in a vague, expendable sort of way (“Collisions hurt and abrasions bleed / It’s hard to deal when all you do is feel”), and their lead singer...
...Chris Trapper, the hair-flipping lead singer of Boston favorites the Push Stars, will perform sans band at Club Passim in Harvard Square. Wanting to play some of the band’s more mellow songs that venues such as Avalon do not encourage, Trapper kicked off his month-long solo tour in early November...
...they are relatively versatile—they can move quickly and smoothly from mellow to high energy and back. Sometimes OAR bring you to your feet, but sometimes you can get away with just sitting back and nodding your head...