Word: musicianship
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...very competitive, and everyone was trying to come out on top." As the band gigged around, scrambling to get heard by record companies and earn a little living money, there were third-party suggestions that one member or another be dropped in the interest of strengthening the band's musicianship. All such notions were rejected out of hand. "We never, ever felt that being a great musician was a necessary qualification for being in U2," says McGuinness. "The individuals were much more important than whether you could play...
...Judds off at their finest. With Wynonna taking lead vocals and an exemplary band featuring Don Potter on guitar, the singers work their way through ten songs of love, loss, reminiscence and resolution. If that sounds like a predictable country combination, the record nevertheless comes alive from adept musicianship and vocals that ease around, then animate the lyrics like a spring breeze blowing a window curtain. The album gives the impression of a kind of spiritual centering the Judds draw not just from music but from the way they live. "We are two generations," says Naomi, "and we play...
...Harris, who has been in about a gazillion movies but may be best known for The Right Stuff or Apollo 13, has picked up piano, a pastime he abandoned in fourth grade. He's also learning to conduct. "I'm trying to figure out spiritually, intellectually where Beethoven's musicianship comes from," Harris says. Despite the demands, the role of the deaf composer does have its perks, the normally bald-pated actor admits: "It's nice to have some hair...
...Meta” music has its place, particularly for Harvard-educated musicians. When bands write songs about songwriting, or about themselves, they can draw on an insider’s view of musicianship that, ideally, would make for original, interesting...
Woman King is a feast for the ears and the mind alike. Though Beam’s earthy whisper and meticulous songwriting seem subtle enough to fit inside one of the gaudy thimbles on the cover, this EP is packed with intellectual fodder, refined musicianship and visceral appeal...