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-RootsGLEN HANSARD & MARKETA IRGLOVA
Soundtrack to the Motion Picture Film "Once"
WITHERED HAND
New Gods
MINDY SMITH
Stupid Love
The Clumsy Lovers
After the Flood
TOKYO ROSENTHAL
GHOSTS
Bruce Robinson
- The New World
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