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MIRIAM MAKEBA & NINA SIMONE Thulasizwe / I Shall Be Released
Nina Collaborates With Miriam On This Important Track, Perfect Combination!!
Nina Simone at home
Eunice Kathleen Waymon (aka Nina Simone) is present back home after long years. Her mother, Mary-Kate Waymon (preacheress for 57 years) is gratified ...
Anna Calvi Roars at SPIN Rooftop Gig
Her debut album, Anna Calvi , is one of the year's strongest — full of brooding emotion and sexy swagger. The LP, produced by Rob Ellis of PJ Harvey fame, is nominated for the U.K.'s prestigious Mercury Prize, and has won Calvi many fans, including Brian Eno and Nick Cave, who invited her on tour.
Her 45-minute SPINhouse set brought much of the album's drama to life.
Calvi's musical intensity was heightened by her somewhat severe stage look of pinned back blonde hair, blood-red lipstick, and night-black eye shadow. A fervent guitar player, she swung her Fender Telecaster from side to side and fingered reverb-drenched riffs that nodded to flamenco, surf-rock, and orchestral ballads suggestive of Scott Walker.
Her sound was dark yet elegant, bolstered by a spot-on drummer, and a third bandmember who rotated between guitar, xylophone, harmonium, and percussion, including a cymbal cut to resemble a curly-Q.
Calvi's lyrics often invoke a melodramatic, yearning love. On "No More Words" she begged to be held tightly, first in a whisper backed only by spare guitar chords, then with a desperate plea as the band rocked with force. On "First We Kiss" she sang: "Heart beat against the wardrobe / Against the window / The love we had between us tonight is here." On "Desire" she wailed, "It's the devil in me!"
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Mining Broadway's Musical Riches "The Cryptic Life of Walter Mitty" is a little-known delight from 1964, with a song that was picked up by Nina Simone. In this earlier lilting era, Mr. Feinstein notes, "sometimes hit songs came from shows that were flops—unlike today, where hit shows |
