Word: rhythm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...walking on shorter, angled poles suspended in space just above the live dancers' heads. In the viewer's mind, the poles become a kind of shoreline and the virtual dancers luminous reflections in a lake. "The projections are conditioning you to see different aspects of the choreography, like rhythm, group dynamics and the body," says Eshkar...
Most characteristic of the band is its sincere and quiet intensity. Opposite Murdoch sings the delicate Isobel Campbell, who also showcases the cello. The bass playing of Stuart David weaves into the vocal sound and serves less as rhythm and more to balance the tender melody...
...best songs on the album is a memorable Ziggy Marley original titled Many Waters. The song has a rolling reggae rhythm and a funky bass groove, with Ziggy's murmured, soulful vocals smoothly layered on top. As in the band's cover of High Tide or Low Tide, there's a prayerful feel. The song never explodes; it builds and yearns and pushes on. Cedella and Sharon Marley add soft, sweet backup vocals. The song's sleek lines are evidence of the band's ever sharpening skills and broadening artistic ambition--pop melodies no longer satisfy. They're looking...
...soulful sound is reminiscent of Erykah Badu's and Lauryn Hill's and yet never derivative. This is strong, intelligent music that celebrates creativity and Afrocentricity but sacrifices nothing in the way of entertainment. Her best songs, like Can't Touch This and the title track, have a driving rhythm that's hard to resist. Goddess, who records on a small label, Next Millennium Entertainment, is a major talent. This is one of the year's coolest records...
...increasingly agitated, and gave me a firm scolding while the set crew and production team waited for Take 13. The speech repeated itself in a abridged version during Show 2, and in an even shorter shorter version during Show 3, but, somehow, by Show 4, I had found my rhythm, and was handling my new friend, the tele-prompter joystick, with the skill of any of the characters in the movie American Pie. Further-more, to be fair, the host abhorred the prompter, and ended up rarely using it during the course of the broadcasts, choosing instead to test...