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Sue Matthews: One at a Time...
by Dave Nathan
For her third effort as a soloist, Mid-Atlantic singer Sue Matthews has opted to go with an agenda of standards, show tunes and traditional pop, all of which of she sings with an innate appreciation of intimacy and savoir-faire, mixing some blues inflection and torch where it makes sense. She also has a way about her that gives one a warm, cuddly feeling after listening to her do something like “Down with Love" where she gets a big assist from ...
Continue ReadingTonia Woods: All That Glitters...
by Dave Nathan
More and more contemporary singers are working at fusing jazz with other genre in order to attract the younger set. The latest entrant in this type of undertaking is singer Tonia Woods where she peppers R & B with a dash of jazz rhythms from time to time. But the material is more the former than the latter. Most of the program is composed by Woods in conjunction with the album's producer Tony Taylor all of which she sings in ...
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