Word: singer
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...BOTTOM LINE: The singer-rapper paints poignant, street-smart scenes of life, love and urban reality...
Westheimer panned the pop singer's book, "Erotica," a recently released, mylar-wrapped paean...
After a three-year lull, singer Natalie Merchant and her band are back with a strong follow-up to their mediocre Blind Man's Zoo of 1989. Merchant's poetic lyrics and majestic voice are in full display on Eden, and they seem even more thoughtful--and warmer--than before. That effect is enhanced by keyboard and string arrangements and the addition of horns to some of the songs. The two opening tracks--"Noah's Dove" and "These are Days"--along with "Few and Far Between," are the disc's most compelling...
With its quirky lyrics, catchy melodies and full-bodied instrumentation, this latest record from the Beautiful South is a musical joy. A male and a female singer, both with strangely infectious voices, propel the disc. The first three songs--"Old Red Eyes is Back," "We Are Each Other," and "The Rocking Chair"--are a good sampler of the Beautiful South's diversity of styles...
...cool off this lineup--Charlie Musselwhite on blues harmonica, Letterman keyboardist Paul Shaffer, and Memphis R&B maestro Eddie Floyd. Blues-inspired rockers Paul Rogers and Joe Walsh team up with the Blues Brothers Band for "Hold On I'm Coming" and "Soul Man," and Commitments lead singer Andrew Strong belts out "Mustang Sally," accompanied by Jason Starkey, Ringo Starr's son. Shortest, but not least, is "Monster" Mikey Welch, a thirteenyear-old blues guitar prodigy who plays with the savvy of a bluesman twice or three times his age. This kid is barely old enough to have the blues...