2007-01-12
Folk/pop songstress Erin McKeown delivers a great, out-of-leftfield set of jazz standards with a four-piece combo (guitar, keyboards, bass, drums). What makes this work is her hip delivery of the lyrics and some excellently obscure song choices to go along with more recognizable tunes. You get Cole Porter and Johnny Mercer here, but you also get the organ-buzz of the title track, an unexpected reading of "Paper Moon" and the gems "I was a Little Too Lonely" and "Rhode Island is Famous for You" (my favorite of the set). An "A" for her jazz music thesis. 01/07 MJVD J-RootsRichard Thompson
The Old Kit Bag
TONI PRICE
TALK MEMPHIS
MICHAEL LEONHART
The Ballad of Milton Quigley
BOB DYLAN
The Best of the Original Mono Recordings
JOEL ARANT
To Whom it may Behoove
SPITZER SPACE TELESCOPE
Spitzer Space Telescope
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