Word: melodye
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The apparent joylessness that went into Show Your Bones is blessedly absent from the final product. Instead, the album sounds like a tight band making a small but confident pop move. The chorus of the first single, Gold Lion, has the catchy, repetitive meaninglessness of all good radio hits but...
ARE YOU TRYING TO REPRODUCE HER OR DO YOUR OWN THING? She was very restrained as a singer. Very stripped down, no frills. It was a challenge for me to not get overly dramatic. Because I am a little bit overly emotional. But I'm not Mariah--I'm not...
CYRUS CHESTNUT GENUINE CHESTNUT What makes Chestnut the best jazz pianist of his generation is a willingness to abandon notes and to play space. He rescues Roberta Flack's The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face and Bread's truly horrible AM-radio hit If from years of accumulated...
The tracks here unfold at a tempered pace; the songs take their time, but the process is by no means leisurely. Instead, tension builds as the sound expands, often reaching pitches of dizzying intensity. “Auto Rock,” the album’s opener, constructs a...
The familiar melody moved audience and orchestra alike, reminding one why some pieces are memorable. As the program brochure noted, the symphony is both a popular cell phone ring tone, as well as a transcendent, evocative, and exuberant piece of music. The elegant opening notes brought out the best in...