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After "Sample," the band slid into the Lawn Boy staple, "Reba." After some fun and games with silly lyrics, the song features an intricately composed section followed by a section of open improvisation over a strong bass groove. Like the solo to "Sample," this section provides a space for a "high moment," something that Anastasio claims is the purpose of their live shows. These improvisational sections give the musicians the freedom top explore new ideas and take the song in new directions. Creating on the spot is intimidating, but when the risk is taken and the music that...
...fitting it is then that soulful exploration at the end of "Reba" was followed by the Hebrew prayer "Yarushalim Shel Zahav" that appears on Hoist. "It's Ice" followed with some interesting improvisational work by keyboardist Page McConnel. "Stash" brought the bank back to the more creative group improvization that is its greatest strength. Gradually straying farther and farther from the melodic ideas of the song, the band explored uncharted territory, but worked together, building suspense with carefully placed dissonance and atonality that left room for an energetic and exciting climax...
...MUSIC Reba McEntire is country's Queen of Hearts...
...find myself more relaxed with Reba coming over the airwaves," George Bush once wrote in an essay in Country America magazine. But McEntire isn't relaxing, she's cathartic. Her songs tend to be simple tales about someone who done her some wrong...
...expose her voice and all the raw hurt it bears. Still, her singing transcends commonplace melodies to find the anguish between the words, behind the music. Even cowgirls get the blues, but McEntire's vibrant vocals seem to say there's hope in the deepest of doldrums. Reba's pure-country voice is a lariat across an abyss...