A Better Tomorrow + I Say a Little Prayer by
Ground Zero
from Ground Zero Plays Standards
An
epic blowout medley of the theme from a John Woo / Chow Yun-fat
movie, and Roland Kirk's arrangement of the Bacharach and David
number (with a quick Chopin quote for good measure). I'm not at all
familiar with this group outside of this record, which is sort of a
Naked City
or Oranj Symphonette
type idea (minus the hardcore screaming). The minute-and-a-half of
record noise at the end gives you a soothing chance to wind down.
My Brightest Diamond at The Sinclair in Cambridge MA, September
22nd
Shara Worden is one of my favorite voices in pop music today
and a fantastically creative all-around musician. This show did not
disappoint. She was even loose and funny (my one reservation about her
is that she can be kind of pretentious and theatrical and maybe a little
precious in a Kate Bush kind of way). But her music grabs me in a way
that Bush's does not (or not enough). All in all a great show (but,
everyone, let's keep "Fever" on the shelf for a while, okay)
Saare piiga laul merest (Island Maiden's Song
from the Sea) by Lepo Sumera
as performed by Tonu Kaljuste conducting the Estonian Philharmonic
Chamber Choir and the Tallin Chamber Orchestra
