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Daphne Roubini and Black Gardenia: Whiskey Scented Kisses

by Pierre Giroux
May 16, 2026

Whiskey Scented Kisses begins without a grand entrance, just a quiet claim staked in the opening. Vocalist Daphne Roubini does not dwell on nostalgia so much as settle into it, as if the language of the '40s and '50s were simply how she thinks out loud. Around her, the band Black Gardenia moves with unspoken ease. The band includes Paul Pigat on guitar and arrangements, Brad Turner on trumpet and flugelhorn, Stephen Nikleva on guitar, Jeremy Holmes on bass, and ...