Fierce and gentle.Have You Heard * Toshi Reagon * Righteous Babe A Kiss fan who covers womyn's musician Ferron, singer-songwriter-guitarist Toshi Reagon is a curbside collector of disparate sounds, which she fashions into wholly congruous con·gru·ous adj. 1. Corresponding in character or kind; appropriate or harmonious. 2. Mathematics Congruent. [From Latin congruus, from congruere, compositions. Her sixth and most recent CD, Have You Heard, continues this tradition with Reagon and longtime bandmates getting lost in deep grooves, belting blues, and infusing idealistic folk songs with a street-savvy wink. The title track and best cut finds Reagon, 41, under an enchanted en·chant tr.v. en·chant·ed, en·chant·ing, en·chants 1. To cast a spell over; bewitch. 2. To attract and delight; entrance. See Synonyms at charm. , flickering sky. "I got chills in my eyes In My Eyes was a Boston straight edge band that spearheaded the 1997 youth crew revival along with Ten Yard Fight, Bane, The Trust, Fastbreak and Floorpunch. The band and its members were a part of the hot bed that was the Boston music scene in the late 90's and early 2000's. from lookin' above," she calls out, her warm timbre timbre Quality of sound that distinguishes one instrument, voice, or other sound source from another. Timbre largely results from a characteristic combination of overtones produced by different instruments. equal parts folk-circuit laureate and Southern preacher. At the same time, Reagon struts amid the sludgy funk-rock of "Didn't I Tell You," a tale of devotion tucked protectively in butch bravado. Elsewhere, Reagon showcases some rumbling migration blues ("Building Blues"), in which Fred Cash's mercurial bass line haunts while Stephanie McKay harmonizes with Reagon in a cascade of age-old wails. Reagon, a matter-of-factly out lesbian performer since her first strum, is equally affecting in her hushed moments, as in "You," a pensive ballad for those feeling hoodwinked by their hearts. Heard reaffirms Reagon as an unpretentious lyricist and master of boiling down labyrinthine lab·y·rin·thine adj. Of, relating to, resembling, or constituting a labyrinth. labyrinthine pertaining to or emanating from a labyrinth. emotions. |
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