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Linley Weir: Just One More Time
by James Fleming
Easy on the ear does not necessarily mean easy on the consciousness. Many a sweet melody has served as a gateway drug to harder, horizon-expanding sounds. But Just One More Time, from UK-based vocalist Linley Weir, does not open any “doors of perception." Her brand of Latin-infused jazz-pop is safe as a bank vault. And, despite its lyrical themes of “love, loss, family relationships, and self-confidence," the music comes across as far too stately and refined to be at all ...
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Lauren Rogers
Desires, the debut album from the Linley Weir Quartet, may introduce a new voice in jazz, but it's one rooted in the classic influences of Nina Simone and Cassandra Wilson. Like those legendary vocalists, Weir's singing finds that bittersweet spot between jazz and blues. Born and raised in West London, England, Weir's future was cemented at the age of 10 when a piano was brought into her house. For Weir, it was only the beginning. “I had piano lessons and ...
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