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...introduction to the garage sound. The opener, Artful Dodger's own "Woman Trouble," is enormously convincing: if listeners are initially thrown off by its weird, shuffling beats, even the most funk-deprived booties will succumb to the awesome mess of kick drums, crisp snares, fat melodic bass and sensuous vocals that soon follow. The remaining tracks mirror this musical blueprint with fairly uniform degrees of success. Even a remix of an All Saints song manages to sound fresh...
...Patricia Barber, whose throaty, come-hither vocals and coolly incisive piano are displayed to devastating effect on her first all-standards album. Nightclub is clearly designed to prove that the cerebral Chicago songstress can be more than just a lesbian cult figure, and it succeeds spectacularly: Barber's hushed, sensuous version of Bye Bye Blackbird hasn't been bettered since Miles Davis last took the old standby out for a spin...
...materiality of art-making. Jasmina Danowski described mixing her orange and ochre-greens for her piece "Playing for Stalemate" and watching how her media moved on wood panels and the "layering play" of application: "I rubbed with walnut oil, sanded, walnut oil, sanded...it felt good." The pleasure, the sensuous experience of art-making, was frequently cited by the artists...
...saying "it is not at all a 'typical' musical; it has something to say and says it with flare. Our hope is that the audience will leave haunted by the characters and the choices they have made." In addition to a superb plotline, also watch out for a chilling, sensuous score...
...virtuoso Slava Grigoryan. His recitals next month with the ACO might be up against the gymnastics finals, but Grigoryan's long fingers are just as flexible as a beam artist. The Kazakhstan-born, Melbourne-raised musician combines technical mastery with warmth and the spirit of youth. Tognetti praises his "sensuous style. He's a very organic sort of player...