>> I am a HUGE Angela Bofill fan and haven't seen her in a long while. >> Pazfest lives!!!!!!!! >> > > and I'm a HUGE Michael Franks fan. Mikey, have Freda get my room ready > :~)
I am a big fan of both! Except for his (alleged) live album in Australia, I have all of Michael Franks' albums. His acquired taste voice, his literate songwriting (that dips once too occasionally towards painting/painters) and his rich musical pallette are what sets him apart from others, in my eyes. I love all his albums (even the sonically abrasive "Skin Dive"). His songs were covered by anyone from Venezuelan-born Laura Fygi to French chanteuse Clementine. Angela Bofill is really big in the Philippines in the 80s at the height of her popularity (and in evidence in such GRP-produced albums). So when she came back 8 years later, people went to her concert in droves and were quite surprised to see her figure balloon to almost late-1950s-era Ella Fitzgerald. The concert promo bills used her old picture with a more slender figure. But when she opened her mouth to sing, she, like the great Polish contralto Ewa Podles, outranked Venus in personifing beauty. Even if she is no longer big in commercial sales, she has a cult following in the Philippines via her hit songs "Time To Say Goodbye," "Break it to Me Gently," "You Should Know By Now," and my favorite "Rainbow Child". Glad to see them in twin bills in New Orleans, esp. Angela Bofill. Joseph in Manila (delurking)
