| 03/16/2008 (5 out of 5 stars) Beauty and the Beat! Is a mostly live (yes, mostly live) album by the great Peggy Lee with the equally talented George Shearing at the piano. It s interesting that they recorded introductions to these songs after the live concert was recorded. However, despite this unusual feature this disc is extremely pleasing to the ear. Peggy sounds just great here and George plays his piano wonderfully. We also get two bonus tracks that apparently were not on the record album release of this recording; Peggy and George perform Nobody s Heart and Don t Ever Leave Me. Do I Love You? gives us Peggy singing at her very best and George plays piano so well to accompany her in grand style. The other musicians do a fine job of making the musical arrangement lush without being overbearing. I Lost My Sugar In salt Lake City features Peggy s vocals squarely front and center; she handles this number with panache. Peggy s ability to effortlessly handle the numero
It’s another of our periodic
Global Village folk fests, with music from pioneering and contemporary folk artists who range from traditional to modern approaches to a variety of long-standing musical forms. We’ll hear English folk rock pioneers Pentangle, Robin Williamson with and without the Incredible String Band, Rhiannon Giddens, and contemporary bands the Gloaming, the Furrow Collective, and Flook.
Tuesday, February 9
In conjunction with the February New Orleans feature,
Global Village highlights music from Mardi Gras Indian groups, including Wild Tchoupitoulas, Big Chief Monk Boudreaux, the Wild Magnolias, and Cha Wa. We’ll also hear the latest from psychedelic Korean folk-rock band Coreyah, and Seattle-based world jazz group Duende Libre.