Posts Tagged ‘influences’
influences: patty griffin
I first discovered Patty Griffin through a roommate in 1999, who gave me her copy of Living With Ghosts, the artist’s debut release. Her raw, expressive voice and prose-poetic lyrics, not to mention her talent for storytelling the human conditions of loss, loneliness, and disappointment, made her a mainstay ever-after. Patty is the kind of […]
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influences: chet baker
I’ve heard a lot of Chet Baker here and there over the years and there’s something about his almost ghost-like presence that has enthralled me from the first moment my ears were given the gift of him. One listen to Funny Valentine, and a broken heart softens. His horn work hangs in the air of […]
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influences: rita hayworth
Ever since a lovely, tall, dark and handsome Brazilian man made a scene at a party I was at in Cuncummen, Chile a few years ago about how much I reminded him of her, I’ve been a fan of Rita Hayworth. I think the comparison was very sweet, allbeit questionable, but I’ll admit my vanity […]
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