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-RootsMerlin Snider
One Light Many Windows
THE TRAVELLING MABELS
Song In A Dream
EILEN JEWELL
Letters from Sinners and Strangers
JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE
The Good Life
Adrian and Meredith
More Than a Little
WENDY COLONNA
Nectar
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