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Lauren Kinhan: A Sleepin' Bee
by Dan Bilawsky
Leaning on touchstones as a creative resource can be tricky business. If an artist puts too much stock in the original, they end up with a second-rate likeness of the archetype. But if they move too far away from the model, the tether breaks and the connection is completely lost in the wind. It takes a shrewd conceptualist to find the right balance between bowing and breaking free, and vocalist Lauren Kinhan most definitely fits the bill. ...
Continue ReadingLauren Kinhan: Circle In A Square
by C. Michael Bailey
Vocalist Lauren Kinhan is the alto quarter of vocal ensemble New York Voices and the leader of two previous solo outings, Hardly Blinking (Orchard, 2000) and Avalon (Koch, 2010). She was most recently hears on New York Voices holiday offering, Let It Snow (Five Cent Records, 2013). Kinhan's solo recordings are all originally composed by the singer making her solo artistic approach different from that of band mate Kim Nazarian and Janis Siegel and Cheryl Bentyne of the Manhattan Transfer. ...
Continue ReadingNew York Voices: A Day Like This
by AAJ Italy Staff
Si dirà: tutta colpa dei Manhattan Transfer se in giro ci sono ancora gruppi di vocalese pronti a cantarcele a cappella o a dialogare con quello o quell’altro genere che sia pop, rock, jazz o bossa. Vizietti per solo voci, acrobazie e armonizzazioni lisce come il velluto e piene di quelle atmosfere radical chic che non guastano mai. Tutto sembra già sentito, già vissuto e non rimarrebbe molto da aggiungere, tranne che il quartetto newyorkese rimane legato alla tradizione più ...
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