Kathryn Farmer

Kathryn Farmer: Moondance

by C. Michael Bailey
February 23, 2013

Vocalist Kathryn Farmer brings a very contemporary vision to her jazz singing, one equally informed from the popular and R&B idioms. Her debut, Moondance, offers a spectrum of music treated to her uniquely informed interpretations. Farmer fearlessly re-harmonizes songs for her own visionary purposes, rendering compelling, if not provocative, performances. Strict constructionists who less-than approve of tampering with Van Morrison's masterpiece...beware. Farmer does a considerable reconstruction, lending a densely abstract momentum to the song's natural swing. Her ...