BLUEGRASS' UNION STATION MAKES FINE DISNEY HALL STOP.Byline: Rob Lowman Entertainment Editor There were strings playing in Walt Disney Concert Hall This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since September 2007. on Tuesday night - not unusual since it's the home of the Los Angeles Philharmonic The Los Angeles Philharmonic (LAP) is an American orchestra based in Los Angeles, California, United States. History Founded in 1919 by William Andrews Clark, Jr. . But instead of Mahler or Beethoven, it was the sweet contemporary bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. sounds of Alison Krauss + Union Station. ``I'm probably the first Dobro player to play in this building,'' wryly noted Jerry Douglas before launching into a exquisite solo instrumental, one of the many highlights of the evening. Judging by the performance of Krauss and her top-flight band, Disney Hall might want to find ways to book more acts like hers into the venue. This may be the closest audiences will get to feeling like they have a band in their living room. Helping that feeling was the large Oriental rug on the hardwood stage that helped muffle the tapping of the band members' feet, though it didn't stop the audience. As with everyone who performs at Disney Hall with its hypersensitive hy·per·sen·si·tive adj. Responding excessively to the stimulus of a foreign agent, such as an allergen; abnormally sensitive. hy acoustics, it took the fiddle-playing Krauss and the band a couple of songs to get it right, with the vocals miked a bit too low to start. But once they adjusted, it was wonderful to hear the interplay of the band, particularly among Douglas, Ron Block on guitar and banjo banjo, stringed musical instrument, with a body resembling a tambourine. The banjo consists of a hoop over which a skin membrane is stretched; it has a long, often fretted neck and four to nine strings, which are plucked with a pick or the fingers. , and Barry Bales on bass, or the vocal harmonies of Krauss and Dan Tyminski, who also plays guitar and mandolin mandolin (măn'dəlĭn`, măn`dəlĭn'), musical instrument of the lute family, with a half-pear-shaped body, a fretted neck, and a variable number of strings, plucked with the fingers or with a plectrum. . Tyminski - known as George Clooney's singing voice in ``Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?'' - sang his signature song from the film, ``Man of Constant Sorrow,'' and a couple of other numbers. Everyone in the band got their moment in the spotlight, with humorously droll introductions by Krauss, but what made the music so enjoyable was that everyone's playing - whether Bales' intricate bass work or Block's delicious guitar runs - worked within the band's overall sound without being splashy splash·y adj. splash·i·er, splash·i·est 1. Making or likely to make splashes. 2. Covered with splashes of color. 3. Showy; ostentatious. See Synonyms at showy. . Krauss never acted like the star, but that didn't hide her considerable vocal or fiddling talents. Her voice won't blow you away, but it is lovely and expressive. The most telling moment of the evening came in the encore where Krauss and the others gathered around a single mike and sang a cappella ``Down to the River to Pray,'' which she did on the ``Oh Brother'' soundtrack. The gospel number had a heavenly sound that filled the cathedral-like room. Rob Lowman, (818) 713-3687 robert.lowman(at)dailynews.com |
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