Word: singeing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...care to defend this proposition in public, much less in print, let me just say that this twin insight, this whammy-pop filling the philosophical maw, is the basic assumption of a very fine and sometimes even exciting album by the Kuumba Singers called I'm Gonna Sing. It allows them to sing, without contradiction, exalting jubliees followed by blues that scrape notes out of this lower intestine called life. And sometimes, it allows them a fusion of the two, songs that get you high and low at the same time. It happens a couple of times on this album...
...record, I'm Gonna Sing consists of 14 tracks: four spirituals, three gospel numbers, three soul numbers, a jubilee, two recitations, and a chant. Spirituals and jubilees were the traditional Afro-American forms, out of which grew gospel and soul. Outside of that, I really can't tell you anything about this genre except that, regardless of musicology, it works. Kuumba was formed ten years ago to plumb the genius and majesty of the Black heritage; I'm Gonna Sing accomplishes this...
...familial banter speeds up the action; Ah, Wilderness doesn't seem as long as it is. Indeed, Daniel Sherman even gets away with lengthening one scene, in a nice directorial touch. While the family at home worries aobut Richard's absence during his spree, Sherman has the oldest brother sing two turn-of-the-century songs. Drew Murphy sings well, without obtrusive professionalism. The two songs, "Mighty Like a Rose" and "In the Good Old Summertime," drip with old-fashioned innocence. Their insertion reinforces O'Neill's idealization of the American past, as does the pleasant Charles Ives music played...
...veteran of 19 (Tommy Lee Jones) and moves with him to Washington State to raise a family, the couple's first ignorant encounters with sex and the outside world are conveyed with tender humor rather than condescension. When Loretta gets her first guitar and starts to pick and sing, the audience has no choice but to root for her. Her early successes-in local honky-tonks, on radio and at the Grand Ole Opry-are thrilling because the movie has so carefully delineated just how hard she has worked and how far she has come to realize her showbiz...
After the police retreated, the demonstrators and many onlookers returned to the Formosa office, where, Arrigo continued, "things were very peaceful: we had a large crowd around us, and we continued to sing Taiwan folk songs. There were many strong statements: 'We want human rights. We want democracy. We want an end to dictatorial government and martial...