(as coyote rick would say i was blasting t'log tonight, the first chance i've had to hear on on the big stereo start to finish...(lama is right about the balcony thing & joni at the edge with the orchestra down on the stage) as i was making dinner, called jeff in...it was kinda loud so he turned it down so we could talk...he started asking about the record, why she chose to do it this way, etc....i told him she'd always talked about her songs in terms of orchestra & composition...that he needed to listen to the whole thing, see the pictures, to assess it for himself...etc...i told him woodstock was on it & he asked me to play it so i did (he went over to the couch to close his eyes & listen)...i asked him if he wanted to hear amelia, yes...i told him she ended with circle game, he asked me to play that so i said okay but i'm going to play you the song before it which you've never heard...so i snuck in borderline too...;~}
afterwards he said it was amazing...that he loved her voice...i told him some critics were slamming her for her voice...he said well its like she was a violin & now she is a cello... then i listened to the whole thing over again in the dark & when it was over i let it go to the next cd on the changer...which happened to be lotc...morning morgantown sounded so scratchy & dull sonically compared to what i'd just been listening too...& her voice sounded like a little girls! then for free- with violin & clarinet! forshadowing of things to come... i've been asked to do some local cd reviews recently (i owe them my patty griffin review)...& i just put in my request to review t'log to be sure that at least in this small town she can get a glowing review...i told the arts editor that she deserved to have someone who 'got it' to do the review...let's hope they see it that way too... maybe its because i grew up early on listening to classical arrangements & broadway musicals (west side story, king & i...remember i grew up as a gay guy...lol) that makes this record so easy to listen to & so familiar... ******************************************** Kate Bennett: www.katebennett.com Sponsored by Polysonics/Atlantis Sound Labs Over the Moon- "bringing the melancholy world of twilight to life almost like magic" All Music Guide ********************************************
