by Michael Barrett | Jul 28, 2016 | Song of the Day
And now we come to Manhattan Transfer, or what we later came to refer to as just “the Transfer”. What an amazing run they had—35 years of great tight harmony, jazz, standards and brilliant singing and smart, urbane musicianship. Just four singers,...
by Michael Barrett | Jul 27, 2016 | Song of the Day
Continuing this week’s survey of iconic singing groups, I’m drawing again from my youth. The Bobs invented themselves in the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1970’s. They wrote most of their own material. I was in school at UC Berkeley and one of...
by Michael Barrett | Jul 26, 2016 | Song of the Day
It’s Tuesday. It’s really hot this July. Tempers are flaring, folks are getting violent (though I’ve read that crime is down 50% over the past 20 years). Politics looks like some wierd version of “Survivor”. What we need is something cool...
by Michael Barrett | Jul 25, 2016 | Song of the Day
This week I want to share singing groups that I think really defined their time. I can’t do them all. The Andrews sisters sure made their mark, and captured their full share of fame, but maybe we won’t have time for them. But let’s start with Lambert...
by Harold Meltzer | Jul 22, 2016 | Song of the Day
I heard Theo Bleckmann perform Duet For One at a Bar Mitzvah, his gift to the initiate. He is both performer and composer here; the music displays his extraordinary vocal range, not to mention stamina. Earlier today I played the Duet for Aleba Gartner, who remarked...
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