Word: contralto
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...play on her latest album, Matters of the Heart, Chapman has barely moved an inch since her Grammy-winning debut four years ago. There is some good work on this new album, including Bang Bang Bang, a biting commentary on the causes of youth violence. Chapman's rich contralto remains as hauntingly effective as ever. But there is a relentless sameness about these songs. Chapman continues to march to her own drummer, but by now that ground is all too well trod...
...shirt? Yet it was really very simple, according to saxophonist Branford Marsalis, who has played with Chapman. "People were so used to hearing imperfection," he says, "they were bowled over by perfection. People were ready to hear music again." And there is that voice, a rich contralto that seemed to come from a hundred miles away. A sweet, sad, wise voice that haunted almost all who heard it. A voice that seemed to know things that they didn't. A record to be played alone and late at night...
...town to another -- Price describes the boy he was as "a born witness or spy . . . helplessly fascinated by the ritual power of language." In Clear Pictures he comes across as a precocious Dixie dandy, worrying earnestly about God and masturbation, and toadying up to visiting artistes like the great contralto Marian Anderson by sending them portraits he had sketched from publicity stills...
Tonight Ronnie Gilbert and Tom Paxton take the stage at Sanders Theater with a folk music extravaganza. Gilbert, formerly with the Weavers, is known for her strong contralto voice and has been performing since the 1940s. Paxton is the author of "Rambling Boy" and "The Last Thing on My Mind," and is known for his satire and sentimental wit. Tonight, the two combine their talents in what should be an outstanding first-time-together performance...
...bring beauty and understanding to America were invited in and honored. Of the twelve recipients of the National Medal of Arts, six were unable to attend, but their daughters, sons, cousins and friends stepped up for them. Their achievements had preceded them long ago. The recipients were predominantly creators: Contralto Marian Anderson, Filmmaker Frank Capra, Composer Aaron Copland, Painter Willem de Kooning, Choreographer Agnes de Mille, Actress Eva Le Gallienne, Folklorist Alan Lomax, Critic Lewis Mumford and Novelist Eudora Welty. But also on hand were some who gave generously to encourage such work: Houston Art Patron Dominique de Menil, Seymour...