Amazon.com Editorial Review: As the song goes, “Merry Christmas” has already “been said many times, many ways.” Diana Krall’s Christmas Songs is a worthy–though not particularly unique–addition to the holiday catalog. On it, she excels with an approach mastered long ago: elegant delivery that gives extra polish to a very familiar lineup. Some might find [...]
2009 album from the singer, pianist and actor, an album of cover versions of songs requested by his many fans. Like his best-selling Only You of 2004, Your Songs consists of Connick singing familiar songs with a full Jazz big band and string orchestra, and, as with nearly all of Harry’s previous albums, he wrote [...]
Here is a true story of sheer strength and determination from this 24 years old lady singer-songwriter from Philadelphia who overcame the effects of a near-fatal accident to become one of the vocal sensations of 2008. In her live performances she captures and holds her audience with her distinctive and seductive voice in such a [...]
This is her second album, Feels like Home, released in 2004. Amazon.com Editorial Review: Norah Jones blew everybody away with her jazzy, country-tinged, Grammy-winning debut CD, Come Away with Me. On this recording, Jones doesn’t mess with her trademark formula. Under Arif Mardin’s cozy coproduction, Jones is supported by her writing partners, her Handsome Band, [...]
