Reviewed: 2018-03-31
Genre: General
FCCs: none
Review: A lonely voice, surveying a minor scale and reciting fundamentally feminist lines. A minimalist and delicate duo tackling a humanist and rebellious repertoire. Madeleine sings, Salomon sits at the piano - a duo with a natural elegance, & “less is more” their essence.
If You Like: Nina Simone, Laura Nyro, Billie Holiday, Phoebe Snow
Track Review (favorites denoted by *):
1/ Image (1:52) – acapella slow song
*2/ Swallow Song (2;12) – piano starts> uptempo song with vocal duet> quick fade
3/ All The Pretty Horses (3:17) – piano starts> slow song> quick fade
4/ No Government/High School Drag (4:52) – undulating vocal starts> midtempo song with spoken word & wild vocal interplay over pounding repetitive piano riff> fade on vocal
*5/ At Seventeen (2:18) – vocal starts> slow song over piano> quick fade
*6/ Strange Fruit (3:01) – piano starts slow> slow drawn out song about lynching> quick stop
*7/ Save The Children (4;26) – piano starts> midtempo song with soaring vocals in waves builds in volume & intensity> quick stop
8/ Bain Libre 1 (0:22) – brief piano solo
9/ Little Girl Blue (2;12) – piano starts> slow song> quick fade
10/ The End Of Silence/ Mercedes Benz (4:19) – piano starts> slow song with spoken word & soaring vocals> quick fade
*11/ Les Fleurs (2:03) – piano starts> slow song in French builds to midtempo & fades
12/ Bain Libre 2 (0:50) – brief flute solo
*13/ Four Women (6:30) – piano starts> slow song> slow fade
*14/ Vous Faites Partie De Moi (2:32) – piano starts> slow breathy song in French, then English> quick stop
15/ Le Jour Ne de La Femme (3:47) – piano starts> false stop> slow meandering piano with sung phrases> quick stop