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Album Review
LM Pagano: Azalea
by Russell Moon
In his later years, Frank Sinatra commented that there were only three saloon singers left": himself, Mel Torme and Tony Bennett. But today, LM Pagano is exactly that: a saloon singer.
Pagano is a young woman with a very soft voice. Her delivery includes heaping teaspoons of sass, rather than the sultriness of Julie London. Her inability to sustain a long note at the end of a phrase adds to her charm.
The selection of songs on Azalea, Pagano's debut ...
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