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...much folksier “Two Magpies,” reminiscent of McCartney’s solo career. The tone somehow shifts in the last three tracks to feature the more electro-ambient vibe for which The Fireman was originally “known.” Banjo and harmonica make random appearances, as do drum machines, hushed whispers, flutes, violins, and far too many “nah nah nahs” and “ooohs.” Oh, and there are barking dogs. So when you’re feeling down and out, just take...
...career coincided with the release of their sophomore and junior albums, “The Man Who” (1999) and “Invisible Band” (2001). These albums featured ethereally beautiful songs where Healy’s voice melted over layers of guitar, banjo, drums, and tambourine to create confectionary delights. While the lyrics were jaded, the songs were escapist. One could float away on Healy’s lilting vocals as they rose above bells and pleasantly regular guitar chords. Yes, sometimes Travis played upon the minor chords too heavily, and sometimes they let their songs...
Born in Enid, Okla., Dalton was married and divorced twice before the age of 21. It was not long until she made her way to Greenwich Village at a time when residence all but required one to be a bard or a banjo player. She was beautiful, too. “Karen was tall, willowy, had straight black hair, was long-waisted and slender, what we all wanted to look like,” Lacy J. Dalton, a self-described “hard-luck” chanteuse and former fellow West Villager, has said. She could certainly sing...
...succeeds through the dichotomy of delicate piano and a massive guitar line. In contrast, “Navy Sheets” suffers under the weight of up-front New Wave keyboards and “Both Crosses” sounds out of place with its theremin accents and banjo outro. However, the secret to the album’s strength isn’t its beefed-up sound, but rather Craig Finn’s comparably stripped-down lyricism, which is probably more appropriate for his audience. For example, previous album “Boys and Girls in America?...
Producer David Wolper does not believe in small gestures, especially when large expensive ones will do. For next month's four-day extravaganza celebrating the refurbished Statue of Liberty, Wolper has lined up 850 drill- team members, 300 tap dancers, 200 Elvis Presley impersonators, 150 banjo players, two aircraft carriers and one President of the United States. To help pay the spectacle's $30 million bill, Wolper offered the TV rights to the networks. ABC bid $10 million, beating out NBC, the only other network that took part in the auction. ABC's competitors did not mind losing the mock...