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Songbirds: An Interview with Singer Judy Niemack
by Peter Rubie
Apart from their mutual respect for each other, and the fact that they are jazz singers, there isn't a lot, superficially, that you would think Judy Niemack and Jay Clayton have in common. But you'd be wrong. Both have a classical music background, Clayton at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, before moving ...
Hindi Zahra Plays with East and West on "Handmade"
Berber Funk in the Soul Kitchen: Moroccan Singer-Songwriter Hindi Zahra Plays with East and West on Handmade Moroccan-born, Paris-based Hindi Zahra can speak to mountains or whisper in your ear. She can turn rustling plastic bags into Berber beats and Parisian kitchens into soul incubators. Playfully savoring East and West, she writes infectious and hip songs, ...
Yma Sumac Peruvian Songbird Silenced
Yma Sumac, 'Peruvian songbird' with multi-octave range, dies at 86 The singer with a persona matching her exotic voice became an international sensation in the 1950s. Yma Sumac, the Peruvian-born singer whose spectacular multi-octave vocal range and exotic persona made her an international sensation in the 1950s, has died. She was 86. Sumac, who was diagnosed ...
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