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"She was a wonderful listener," said Julius Silberger, who worked with Kris at both HMS and UHS. "When we began our work at UHS, she recognized that women students preferred to talk to a woman. This insight was ground-breaking at the time. Women students were worried about their place...
Another listener was the late Herbert von Karajan, who asked her to sing some Bach at the Salzburg Easter Festival. The conductor died before the performances, but she treasures the experience of rehearsing with him. "Bach was another world to me," she says. "At the beginning I was always in...
No performer has plumbed the sensual side of soul with more skill than newcomer Ephraim Lewis. When he was a child in the factory town of Wolverhampton, Lewis' parents forbade him to listen to any secular music. His father tried to steer him into the ministry, but Lewis had other...
Greg Porter adds to this mix with consistent, rapid-fire bass playing. He also collaborates with Nash to write emotional, from-the-heart lyrics. Like alternative rock singers Black Francis (of the Pixies) and Thurston Moore (of Sonic Youth), Nash has the ability to switch her voice from a peaceful...
READING EVE HOROWITZ'S PLAIN JANE (Random House; $20) is like listening to a World Series no-hitter called by a taciturn announcer: the listener knows something terrific is happening out there, but he just can't hear it. The narrator is teenager Jane Singer, second daughter of a gently...