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Black Grape fills the album with a premeditated bounciness. Backed by a sharp electric guitar scale, Shawn Ryder enunciates "Dinnuh's in the cellar, I can smell 'er" with an almost Kurt Cobain-ish seriousness, then shifts into the light-hearted teenage chorus "I wanna get cheeky with ya, I...
Rubalcaba opens his set with a moderately-placed reading of Gary Peacock's "Vignette," and, when the remainder of the trio kicks in, we get to appreciate Haden's tasteful and supportive, but never cliched, accompaniment style. His use of unison double-stops on the opening cut is particularly striking...
Steven Rickards, who sang the counter-tenor in the December 5-10 performances only, was downright magnificent, displaying a remarkable range and amazing facility in both a smooth, unornamented style and a more decorative, vibrato-filled voice. Certain fast high notes, especially quick jumps up the range in the first...
What's more, in this opera all the players can actually sing. The majority of the cast deliver their "patter songs"--the quick-paced, witty recitatives that are the trademark of Gilbert and Sullivan operetta--with careful articulation of the words. This allows viewers who aren't familiar with the...
The highlights of the concert came when Smith took out his 12-string acoustic guitar. "Just Like Heaven" from 1987s Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me burst with the joyous energy coming from Smith's vocals and bouncy guitar strumming. "The Same Deep Water As You" and "From the Edge...