Word: vocals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...doctors to discover its "off-label" cosmetic applications. Last year, according to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, more than 65,000 Botox procedures were performed--mostly on women, but on increasing numbers of men too. The drug has also been found to be effective in treating vocal-cord disorders, anal fissures, teeth grinding and "problem" sweat glands...
Another sweet surprise can be found in "Raspberry Swirl," which features a bouncy rhythm and such energy that one would swear Amos and the entire band were doing aerobics while writing it. Amos also displays her stunning vocal abilities in "Liquid Diamonds" and "Northern Lad," in which her trademark in-tune howls echo well enough to send genuine shivers down anyone's back. The fairly upbeat "She's Your Cocaine" may not be anywhere near as lively as the afore-mentioned "Raspberry Swirl," but, despite its title, it remains one of the more cheerful songs on the album...
...Queen of Soul," Aretha Franklin. You explored her legendary career in depth and noted her ties to gospel music. Not to disparage the excellent essay on black female blues singers, I do have one quibble. The true liberators of black female singers were the great gospel women. Their vocal and physical expressions were a potent, yet separate, part of the patriarchal church. Mahalia Jackson once said, "Anybody singing the blues is in a deep pit yelling for help." And she also commented, "Gospel music is nothing but singing of good tidings--spreading the good news. It will last as long...
...even own a piano. This summer he has a solo album out (the smoothly accomplished Introducing...Ruben Gonzales on Nonesuch), and in October and November he will be touring the States. Other Cuban acts, including the dance band Los Van Van and the bright-voiced a cappella act Vocal Sampling, are also on the road...
...could see the lingering lure of Astaire art in the reaction to Frank Sinatra's death. That wasn't just Rat Pack nostalgia. It was an effusion of fondness and respect for a fine song finely sung, for vocal connoisseurship, for the ability--the first or the thousandth time he sings a song--to mine the meaning of a lyric...