Word: rockin
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...band's Welsh nature and English pop sensibilities (crafted in the tradition of late-'60s Beatles or Beach Boys) were mostly lost on a polite but uninterested audience. Touring in support of their latest release Spanish Dance Troupe, the band played their heart out. Highlights included the raucous "Poodle Rockin'" and an acoustic interlude, complete with the soothing violin of Megan Childs. The band put on a good, energetic show, and it was sad to see the chilly reception for most...
Well, Cole Porter, the musician and artist, would turn over in his grave. A few times. But Cole Porter, the entertainer, would smile indulgently. Rockin' the Boat Theater Company's rendition of Anything Goes has some serious work to do in the area of, well, let's say polish, but the show itself is so well-written that in combination with a few outstanding individual performances, it rises to the point of being good fun at the very least. And in its own way, the lack of polish adds a little folksiness to the show that even Porter himself might...
...only a few of the songs in Spanish Dance Troupe fully realize Gorky's lyrical potential. The album valiantly attempts to present a varied array of sounds. But only a few of the elements in the collection, most notably "Poodle Rockin', stand alone as exemplars of vibrant variations on Gorky's basic style...
...against jazz sophistry, playing everyone from Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein III ("All The Things You Are") to Radiohead ("Exit Music (For A Film)", the perfect Harvard-Yard-on-a-rainy-day ballad) to Miles Davis as well as many of his own originals. Not surprisingly, on this more rockin' than swingin' installment of the piano/bass/drum combination, not so much more than a few prickles of the late Evans can be felt. But so can a bit of the Well-Tempered counterpoint and the old Ludwig van. Worth buying for those liner notes alone...
...their whirlwind of pulverizing beats, the Brothers roared into the town ready and willing to christen the new Avalon. And rock they did, oh yes. The show started off fast and furious with Surrender's "Hey Boy Hey Girl" and "Music: Response." This segued directly into the megasmash "Block Rockin' Beats," much to the delight of the crowd. A movie screen behind the duo featured manic black and white montages of pictures and words flashed in tune to the beat of the music, and only added to the epileptic, frenetic pace...