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Eli Wallace/Beth McDonald: Solo/Duo

Read "Solo/Duo" reviewed by Karl Ackermann


Pianist & free improviser Eli Wallace and tuba player Beth McDonald team up for Solo/Duo, an ineffable project which eludes characterization. Wallace works across multiple genres, with an experimental spirit. He moved east from Oakland, CA in 2015, earning Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the New England Conservatory in Boston. Now a Brooklyn resident, he has composed for piano, ensembles, vocalists, big band, orchestras, and a dance company. He co-curates the Brooklyn-based music and art installation series Invocation, with guitarist ...

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Two Views of Beth McDonald

Read "Two Views of Beth McDonald" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey


With singer/songwriter Beth McDonald, music is intensely personal. All aspects of music--performance, composition, arrangement, song choice and delivery--are branded with McDonald's vision. Her liner notes are full of mention of her family, motherhood and love. Her style is 1920s-1940s standards waxing nostalgic (yet still freshly modern) of the simpler, more wholesome things in life. This feeling is enhanced by her scrubbed, girl-next-door appearance and honest singing style. There is no vocal bragging here with excessive scatting and vocalese, just old ...


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