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Personnel: Timothy Nishimoto (vocals, percussion); China Forbes (vocals); Dan Faehnle (guitar); Maureen Love (harp); Nicholas Crosa (violin); Pansy Chang (cello); Gavin Bondy (trumpet); Thomas Lauderdale (piano); Martin Zarzar (drums, percussion); Derek Rieth (congas, percussion).
Audio Mixer: Dave Friedlander.
Photographers: Peter Murray; Thomas Lauderdale.
Pink Martini follow the around-the-world-in-a-dozen-songs thrills of HEY EUGENE! with SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS, a mellower, simpler set of small pleasures. These are relative terms, however; the group's music is still well-traveled, with China Forbes singing in five languages (English, Spanish, Neapolitan, French, and Italian) instead of the six or so on EUGENE!. However, Pink Martini opt for a more unified sound here, one that draws on the more straightforward lounge-pop of their debut, SYMPATHIQUE, and the mellowness of '60s and '70s pop. SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS' first half is especially smooth, opening with the beautifully soft Neapolitan ballad "Ninna Nanna" and the title track, on which Forbes sings "I think we should take it slow" over swooping strings, brass, and piano that resurrect the glory days of AM pop; that feeling is echoed by the cover of Joe Raposo's "Sing," the Sesame Street song that gained popularity when the Carpenters performed it (Emilio Delgado, aka Sesame Street's Luis, duets with Forbes here in Spanish and English). The album's first few tracks are among its most playful, including the slinky yet winking "Ohayoo Ohio" and the French confection "Ou Est Ma Tete?" While Pink Martini gets almost too cute for their own good with "And Then You're Gone" and "But Now I'm Back," a pair of songs about a quarreling couple inspired by Franz Schubert's "Fantasy Piano for Four Hands" and featuring NPR justice correspondent Ari Shapiro on the latter's vocals, SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS' second half is among their finest work. "Over the Valley" is a standout, a ballad so timelessly sweet that it seems like it must be a long-lost standard the group just blew the dust off of, but it's an original; conversely, the covers of Moondog's haunting "New Amsterdam" and Agustín Lara's "Piensa en Mi," sung by Chavela Vargas, sound fresh and authentic, providing the drama HANG ON LITTLE TOMATO and HEY EUGENE! provided in spades. Though it's a lower-key set of songs than those two albums, SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS is charming in its own right. Splendor In The Grass Music Pink Martini Splendor In The Grass Songs Splendor In The Grass Music Splendor In The Grass Music Review Purchase Splendor In The Grass CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Joss Stone Soul Sessions CD (2003)
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| | Robbie Burns Returns EP CD (2009) (Import)
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| | Roomthirteen Easterlinparadox CD (2009) (Import)
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The roomies enjoy a good fish and chip supper. Even though some people might find the idea of curry sauce on the traditional northern delicacy not to their taste the roomies are strong advocates of this mix and match this approach to food. This same logic applies to the art of songwriting.The band members are Craig Winston (drums and vocals), Andy Goddard (keyboards and vocals), Keith Darbyshire (bass), John Done (guitar and lead vocals) and Brian Mitchell (guitars and lead vocals).They promote an agenda which carries quality tunes as the central tenet in the bands pop manifesto. roomthirteen have a fierce passion for tune and melody. These five pop conquistadors are unafraid to take the bands ideology and climb on the nearest soapbox to argue that within the music is a universal truth. Some bands look cool. Some bands sound great. roomthirteen simply don�t care about some bands. roomthirteen care about fish and chips and curry sauce. Oh yes and pop music.roomthirteen is a melodic democracy. All five-band members play a key role in making the whole work. The band have recorded two albums "whatever happened to Cody Jarrett?" The second album "Papa" was a six- song demo that was produced as a quick fix album to raise funds for the Winnie ...
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