Word: songe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...GORE Nashville-bound Veep administers campaign CPR. Another sad song on Music...
This is an album as quietly reverent as its title. Lilith Fair veteran Paula Cole tries hard to be a soul sister--according to the liner notes, one song, Suwannee Jo, was "inspired by Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God"; another track features a guest appearance by singer Tionne ("T-Boz") Watkins of the R.-and-B./hip-hop trio TLC. Cole even raps on one track. The main problem, though, is that the music is all too polite. Cole's last CD, This Fire, had moments of wild art-rock invention; here, she is content to relax...
...finality. So Prine, who knows a bit about hurt--he has recently survived cancer of the neck--has called on a few good women (including Patty Loveless, Trisha Yearwood, Emmylou Harris, Lucinda Williams) to join him in no-frills, no-foolin' duets on 15 country chestnuts. The one new song is Prine's own title tune, a funny, grimy anthem for two misfits who suit each other fine. It says even driving himself to hell, he ought to be able to find some indulgent lady to occupy the passenger seat...
...PREMISE: The masterpiece of American jazz legend Cole Porter, this musical's story is full of silliness, romance and scandal aboard an old-style luxury liner. Remaining true to the style of its era, it's pure entertainment with plenty of characteristically energetic song and dance...
...PREMISE: A musical adaptation of the Biblical genesis story, this work uses song and dance to review the events of the Creation and the Flood. Tension is created by breaking away from the scripted roles of this well-known story...