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Donna Antonow: Summer Night
by Dave Nathan
Might as well get right to the point. This is another (her second) superb offering by the Pennsylvania denizen, vocalist/pianist Donna Antonow. While she continues to use a musical agenda of oft recorded standards, the way she presents them does more than breathe new life, she completely resuscitates them. With a highly attuned sense of timing and phrasing, she works in and around the melody in such a way that makes them appear reborn. Be assured that she is not ...
Continue ReadingDonna Antonow: Out of Nowhere
by Dave Nathan
In the tradition of Jeri Southern, Sarah Vaughan, Shirley Horn, and most recently, Diane Krall, Pennsylvania-based Donna Antonow is an accomplished pianist as well as a vocalist having a unique way with a song. But the comparison with these divas ends there. Antonow's vocal style owes a lot more to such R & B artists as Aretha Franklin and Stevie Wonder, with a hit of the pop-soul feel of Diana Ross. If anyone has a doubt of this leaning, just ...
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