Spyro
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Looking for more stuff like Brian Brade Fellowship band. Any ideas?
Originally Posted by musicmind /img/forum/go_quote.gif Thanks for the recommendations guys. Been enjoying this one quite a bit this week : Some nice ballads and hard swinging tunes, beautifully played and recorded. |
Originally Posted by tru blu /img/forum/go_quote.gif Always found him to be a bright spot even when I wasn't crazy about his employers. |
Originally Posted by catachresis /img/forum/go_quote.gif --And just to spread a little petulance around, I heard a Fresh Air interview with Nellie McKay, and she sounded like one of the most jaded, self-infatuated little pseudo-intellectuals I can recall. 'Far too world-weary with the whole wholesome American infatuation with the jazz chanteuse, she goes a thousand miles out of her way to remind middle-aged jazz mavens that she's more than just a 27-year-old blonde with a nice voice and Manhattan connections. She's something. . . . darker. Like Bjork on a worse-hair-day or Diana Krall renegotiating the prenup or Pirate Jenny, if Jenny lead the chorus on a Carnival Cruise Liner. |
Originally Posted by tru blu /img/forum/go_quote.gif It's true that Nellie can rub folks the wrong way, but I dunno…as someone who's spoken with her on more than one occasion I'd never call her "pseudo"-anything. Far as I could tell, she usually means what she says. |
Originally Posted by catachresis /img/forum/go_quote.gif I'm pleased to hear that somebody has spoken to her and found her to be authentic. But I'm still curious at your comment that she "can rub folks the wrong way." |