Stage bright.Sophie B. Hawkins Live * Sophie B. Hawkins * Trumpet Swan Records This article is about the Philadelphia based record label who released The Beatles' "She Loves You". For an earlier label of the same name, see Swan Records (jazz label). Unless you're a jam band like Phish or moe., a live CD is an endeavor fraught with risk. Acoustics in performance spaces are rarely ideal, and the sound of coughs, shrieks, and "you had to be there" artist-audience exchanges can distract from the music. Chanteuse chan·teuse n. A woman singer, especially a nightclub singer. [French, feminine of chanteur, singer, from chanter, to sing; see chant.] and songwriter Sophie B. Hawkins--best known for '90s radio hit "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover"--seems to have been aware of these potential pitfalls, because she avoids them all on the soulful Sophie B. Hawkins Live. Culled from two shows in Seattle and Sydney, Live flaunts Hawkins's gruff yet strong voice, an instrument highly evocative of another bisexual talent: Janis Joplin Noun 1. Janis Joplin - United States singer who died of a drug overdose at the height of her popularity (1943-1970) Joplin . The songs are distinctive and catchy, ranging from the scat-rap "Mysteries We Understand" to the Joni Mitchell-influenced "California Here I Come." The New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of City-born Hawkins, who has homes there and in Los Angeles's Venice area, comes off as a somewhat crunchy California type, albeit one with a healthy sense of humor Noun 1. sense of humor - the trait of appreciating (and being able to express) the humorous; "she didn't appreciate my humor"; "you can't survive in the army without a sense of humor" sense of humour, humor, humour , especially when she jokes about the missteps she's taken in her long career. Hawkins has matured into a self-assured, and quite sensual, musician: When she proclaims that the tune "Sweetsexywoman" is dedicated to beautiful females over 45, it's easy to interpret that this consistently appealing talent could be singing autobiographically.--Neal Broverman |
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