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...Vedder holds his own amid all this instrumental assertion, an authoritative vocalist but not domineering or melodramatic....
...Here is a veteran vocalist of genial temperament and sweet emotions, the kind of peaceable old lion who could be trusted to lie down with lambs without getting up to mischief....
...Producer, vocalist and keyboard player Cory Henry is steeped in the songs of love, politics and the everyday that are the backbone of black music history....
...Holly Laessig, one of Lucius’s lead vocalists, says it was a “Joni Jam” at Joni Mitchell’s house....
...Then the Leeds band’s vocalist James Smith pipes up. Reciting his verses in a northern-accented sing-speak, he’s like someone chewing your ear off in a pub, not the greatest voice of the century....
...Here, the musician teams up with female artists from across the Arab world — such as Sudanese rising star Sulafa Elyas and Syrian jazz vocalist Lynn Adib — as well as Iran....
...Formerly bassist and co-vocalist in Sonic Youth, she has revived the antagonistic spirit of no wave in her own albums....
...Backed by a three-piece band and alongside an ethereal co-vocalist, Marta Złakowska, he opened with relatively faithful versions of the luscious, pulsing “Overcome” and “Ponderosa”....
...Beth Hirsch, the US vocalist who sings “All I Need” and “You Make It Easy” on the album, wasn’t present....
...The vocalists are Kate Stables of This Is the Kit and Sam Genders of Tunng, both from the alternative-folk borders of UK indie music....
...“In Ecstasy” features Happy Mondays vocalist Rowetta in a jaunty throwback to 1990s indie disco. Pete Doherty turns up on the orchestral rock finale “Throwaways” (shades of The Verve)....
...Now aged 41, his recordings take in up-to-the-minute jazz with Blue Note, neoclassical hip-hop on 2018’s Origami Harvest and tear-jerking romanticism with vocalist Dhafer Youssef on the recent Streets of...
...It is a ghostly sample of “Baby” performed by the Brazilian vocalist Gal Costa, heard faintly as though from a faraway place....
...In London, female and non-binary collectives dominate, showcasing the many sounds of the region, from the Afro-Brazilian vocalists and percussionists in Baque Luar to the folky African-Colombian sounds of...
...Davido is a technically unremarkable vocalist. His husky voice doesn’t have much range, but he was a bustling, charismatic centre of attention while singing....
...Days (2020), with lyricist and singer Tess Hirst, was a vision of London; and he was named jazz instrumentalist of the year by Jazz FM after 2021’s Boxed In, which had a jazz quintet, string quartet and vocalist...
...Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet and vocalist/pianist Michael Feinstein brought this to life again at New York’s Carnegie Hall on Wednesday night in front of an adoring crowd with Two Pianos: Who Could Ask for...
...The repertoire is broad — Bruce Springsteen to John Coltrane — and vocalist Gabrielle Cavassa matches Redman’s controlled passion and exemplary technique....
...Deep-voiced dancehall singer Irah leads a team of vocalists with charismatic badman verses. Other guests on the mixtape also turn in strong performances....
...Tom Herbert on bass guitar and double bass provided an undertow of warmth and the underused vocalist Eska was a highlight....
...Joy’s musical background is gospel: her father, a vocalist and bass player, toured with Andraé Crouch. Her grandparents co-founded The Savettes....
...The incisive soprano of her younger self has been replaced by a lower-toned, slower-paced vocalist, who steps carefully but sure-footedly through a familiar landscape of old songs....
...At 61, the Duran Duran keyboardist, vocalist and producer has changed little over the years. “We had no idea how long it would last....
...Guitarist Hunter syncs basslines with rhythm, the pulse crackles with whiplash snare and vocalist Elling soars to the skies with Joni Mitchell’s “Black Crow”....
...His words are illustrated by the arrival of processional drums and a troupe of chanting backing vocalists. The track moves from a solitary mode to a communal one....
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