Word: talented
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What should you expect of an artist who lists among his achievements a featured spot in a Tommy Hilfiger commercial--a sound that's reasonably pleasant but presented in so belabored a format as to be painful? That's Michael Fredo in short--a "talent" to whom that word should be applied cautiously...
Fredo's first album, Introducing Michael Fredo, gives us some of what the "talent" calls his "youthquake" sound. Fredo's got all the makings of a boy-bander gone awry. In songs like "Who Said," his voice is pleasant, but not enough to keep you listening, and the beat in "This Time Around" (the song used in the Tommy spot) is too unemphatic to make you want to dance...
...know about the show, not this one. A modern treatment of the Passion of Christ demands some measure of experimentation and even controversy, but investigative research has managed to unearth only one word from the producers: visceral. This season's production brings together an incredible amount of raw talent, theatrical experience and pure, unadulterated enthusiasm--the perfect elements for making the sort of ground-breaking theatrical experience that we feel this show deserves, and hope it delivers. Crimson editor J. L. Martin envisions a production that goes where no man (or Son of Man) has gone before, beyond the breakdancing...
Wooten came back weaker after his mid-set break on both nights, but he recovered for the encore. The weakness stemmed from minor problems with the band's talent level, which can be attributed to an attempt to be inclusive. Wooten's band contained both his middle brother Joseph, a keyboard player, and Regi, his oldest brother and a guitarist. Joseph's cheesy pop material was irritating, especially his "Hero" from 1987, but Wooten recovered thanks to his improvisational wizardry...
...boys' club isn't the only obstacle between them and political correctness; the one gay member of the group has recently decided to quit for reasons unclear. But on the whole, the polished aesthetic and masculine panache is pretty harmless, a way of amusing and reassuring themselves that their talent is appreciated...