Carolyn Montgomery: girlSINGER: A Celebration of Rosemary Clooney
When the warm, elegant Carolyn Montgomery presented a pitch-perfect (no pun intended) salute to the ultimate girl who sang with the band, Rosemary Clooney, praise indeed must be heaped.
Charles Busch: My Leading Ladies
He seduces a song and coaxes from the lyric meanings that may not have been apparent in previous hearings.”
Bob Levy: All About Love: The Dane Vannatter Recordings, Vol. II
A cohesive song cycle that provides a tender massage for the listener’s ears, mind, and heart.
Sweet Megg: Bluer than Blue
Vocalist Sweet Megg has a thoroughly appealing tone—now crystalline, now molasses, then sandy.
Norm Drubner: It’s a Blue World —Songs of Lost Love
It’s a Blue World—Songs of Lost Love is a winner!
Melissa Errico: Sondheim in the City
Errico and music director Tedd Firth chose jazz as a fresh way to present this material.
Betty Bryant: Lotta Livin’
She sings and plays the piano with a warm, distinctive style. This is a lovely collection of material from a veteran who sounds fresh.
Jane Lynch’s A Swingin’ Little Christmas
Lynch and Davis sang about fuzzy Christmas memories, but Flannery focused on the dark side of holiday memories.
