SOUND CHECK.VARIOUS: ``Heaven Must Have Sent You: The Holland/Dozier/Holland Story'' (Hip-O/Chronicles) - Three stars These cats - Eddie Holland, Lamont Dozier Dozier may be: People:
The package also covers the trio's post-Motown period (Chairmen of the Board's ``Give Me Just a Little More Time'') and touches on non-Motown covers like the Band's ``Don't Do It'' and Dusty Springfield's ``When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes.'' Numbers performed by Dozier and the Holland brothers themselves fare less well, but the overall results are never less than intriguing. - Fred Shuster LIZZ WRIGHT Lizz Wright (born January 22, 1980) is an American jazz singer and composer. Wright was born in the small town of Hahira, Georgia, one of three children and the daughter of a minister. : ``Dreaming Wide Awake'' (Verve Forecast) - Three and one half stars No sophomore slump A sophomore slump or sophomore jinx (U.S. English) refers to an instance in which a effort fails to live up to the standards of the first effort. It is commonly used to refer to the performance of students (sophomore year), baseball players (second season), bands (sophomore for the gifted Ms. Wright, which shouldn't surprise anyone who caught her coming-out party two years ago at the Hollywood Bowl The Hollywood Bowl is a modern amphitheatre at 2301 North Highland Avenue in Hollywood, California, USA, that is used primarily for music performances. The "bowl" in this context is the natural cavity in the earth into which the amphitheater is built, rather than the shape of the . Again mixing and matching styles that encompass gospel, jazz, r&b and even 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. (her cover of Neil Young's ``Old Man'' is worth the price of the CD alone), the soulful singer displays an uncanny ability to take even familiar songs like ``A Taste of Honey'' and the Youngbloods' ``Get Together'' and make them hers. There aren't as many originals here as on her '03 debut, ``Salt,'' but the trio that are included are stirringly beautiful, fitting snugly into this exquisite album of yearning and wonder. - Glenn Whipp MICHELLE SHOCKED Michelle Shocked (born Karen Michelle Johnston, 24 February, 1962, in Dallas, Texas) is a U.S. singer-songwriter whose music and performances are influenced by her Texas roots, her political activism, and a self-assured style that her first major-label producer likened to : ``Don't Ask Don't Tell'' ``Got No Strings'' ``Mexican Standoff'' (Mighty Sound) ``Don't'' and ``Mexican'' - Three stars; ``Strings'' - Three and one half stars The ambitious Arkansas eclectic Shocked threw together three albums of new material earlier this year (they're available separately, or all together in a package titled ``Threesome''). ``Don't Ask'' recounts a romantic breakup, with some psychological tall-tale-telling tossed in. ``Standoff'' splits the difference between Cali-Mex slice of life stories and Texas blues This article may contain original research or unverified claims. Please help Wikipedia by adding references. See the for details. This article has been tagged since April 2007. . Both are smart and sometimes self-indulgent. The surprise gem is ``Strings,'' on which Shocked re-orchestrates Disney movie ditties to Western Swing and other classic country idioms. Shouldn't have worked, but it's totally beguiling. - Bob Strauss TONY MORAN: ``Tour de Beats'' (Tommy Boy) - One and one half stars With this double-disc compilation, the well-known DJ-remixer had the opportunity to challenge listeners with a progressive set; instead, he went bland. Moran, the most overexposed o·ver·ex·pose tr.v. o·ver·ex·posed, o·ver·ex·pos·ing, o·ver·ex·pos·es 1. To expose too long or too much: Don't overexpose the children to television. 2. DJ on the gay dance scene, should know how to put together a killer mix CD. While ``Tour de Beats'' launches into impressive floor-shakers ``Jumpin' '' and ``Tie Me Down,'' the project quickly descends into an endless, lackluster morass of major-key diva anthems. With the thousands of great remixes out there, this can't be the best he can do. And why does the cover photo have Moran showing off his chest? Boring. Hey, Tony, put your shirt on and make better music. - Phillip Zonkel FEMI KUTI: ``Live at the Shrine'' (UME U·me A river, about 459 km (285 mi) long, of northern Sweden flowing southeast into the Gulf of Bothnia. ) - Three stars An inspired live reading of `` '97,'' a eulogy to Kuti's fallen father, Afrobeat originator Fela Kuti, stands out in this delightful CD/DVD package. The set includes both a 14-track concert disc and documentary capturing the Afrobeat torch-bearer in front of a highly charged hometown crowd at the Shrine club in Lagos, Nigeria, and it's thrilling for anyone in love with peak pop music. The DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. component also offers interviews with the musicians and fans, and scenes of Lagos street life revealing both the grinding poverty and spirit of the place. Do yourself a favor and catch Femi FEMI Federal Emergency Management Institute (Federal Emergency Management Agency) and his nonstop funk attack at the Bowl on July 24. - F.S. CAPTION(S): 5 photos Photo: (1) MARVIN GAYE (2 -- 5) no caption (CD covers) |
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