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Tierney Sutton: Meets Charlier/Sourisse: Talking to the Sun, featuring Serge Merlaud
Track review of "Laptop Choro"
Sutton's lyric, a relatable contemporary tale, offers a litany of complaints about the digital life: wasting an inordinate amount time on hold with insufferable music in order to speak with a software specialist, reboots that cause whatever progress seemed to have been made previously to revert to square one, and feelings of frustration and inadequacy for not being able to make it all work. Sisyphus at the computer.
Emotions run strong. "I know it's only just a stupid machine, not a human thing, and yet I hate it with a passion that is burning hot, deep in the core of my soul, just like a smoldering coal," our protagonist sings, rejecting numerous ineffectual solutions and ultimately throwing in the towel.
I need to meditate, decaffeinate or maybe I should emigrate to somewhere, if it's not too late to get some vindication. I'll just reset the WiFi and start to cry. I've got to liquidate and isolate, exterminate, evaporate. I'll go where I can hibernate and have a celebration. Yes, I'll turn off the WiFi and say goodbye. I'll leave it to a younger generation. This is my annihilation from the said abomination. Please accept my resignation, over and out.
Sutton has nine Grammy nominations under her belt, but Talking to the Sun is the first of her albums as a leader to feature her own lyrics. If "Laptop Choro" is an indication, this is a fruitful new avenue for her. And a chorinho by the enduringly inventive duo of keyboardist Benoit Sourisse and drummer Andre Charlier is the perfect place to begin.
Track Listing
Talking to the Sun; Que Reste-t-il de Nos Amours; Modinha; Flor de Lis; Play for Me; Laptop Choro; Eu Não Existe Sem Voce; Springtime, I'll Be There; The Prince of Calais; Bluesette; Les Etoiles de Léa.
Personnel
Tierney Sutton
vocalsAndre Charlier
drumsBenoit Sourisse
pianoSerge Merlaud
guitar, acousticCharlier / Sourisse
band / ensemble / orchestraAlbum information
Title: Meets Charlier/Sourisse: Talking to the Sun, featuring Serge Merlaud | Year Released: 2025 | Record Label: Gemini Records
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Talking to the Sun: Tierney Sutton Meets Charlier / Sourisse, featuring Serge Merlaud
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Charlier / Sourisse
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