| Stern, Leni / Black Guitar |
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| Album: | Black Guitar | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Stern, Leni | Added: | Mar 2004 | |
| Label: | (Unknown) | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-05-03 | Pull Date: | 2004-07-05 |
| Week Ending: | Jun 13 | May 30 | May 9 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Jul 19, 2012: | That's Not Bluegrass Sandbox | 4. | May 25, 2004: | the jewish alternative Sandbox | |
| 2. | Nov 23, 2007: | That's Not Bluegrass- really! Can Joe Cocker... | 5. | May 04, 2004: | Cold Clammy Hand of Friendship Can Joe Cocker... | |
| 3. | Jun 08, 2004: | the jewish alternative Silverline | ||||
| Album Review |
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| Craig Matsumoto Reviewed 2004-04-11 | ||
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Soft pop/folk songs, with occasional "lite" blues and touches of new age, from guitarist Stern (German-born wife of jazz guitarist Mike Stern). Most tracks try too hard to be pretty and/or relaxing -- reflective mood-setters, the kind of stuff that's popular with aging classic-rockers. Stern is best known for instrumental blues. Her voice is good and well suited to this kind of music, with only an occasional hint of her accent. She's a competent blues guitarist, which adds some flair to these tracks, but overall there's little here that's new and plenty that's old hat, and the smooth-jazz touches on 11 and 13 are just wrong. 1- Soft pop/folk. Mid/slow, warmly reflective 2- Funk lite, with a mid/fast snap. Starts slow and atmospheric 3- Slow folk 4- Slow, w/embarrassing "ghostly" backing vocals 6- Gentle blues, w/some male vocals 8- Romatically bluesy, with B3 organ & male vocal 9- Slow 11- Slow, with gruesome smooth-jazz sax. 13- Smooth jazz. Romantic, sappy Instrumentals 5- Gentle, engaging, mid/fast. Starts slow. 7,10,12- Mid/fast guitar noodlings over slow synths. New agey, trite. Not recommended. 14- Soft, wandering, at a mid/fast pace. Athletic drum segment. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Can Joe Cocker... | 8. | So Good to You | |||
| 2. | Chinatown Revisited | 9. | Black Guitar | |||
| 3. | Mary Magdalene | 10. | Lynda | |||
| 4. | City Sing for Me | 11. | One Day | |||
| 5. | Sandbox | 12. | Ghost Money | |||
| 6. | Mercy in the Night | 13. | Why's Your Skin So White | |||
| 7. | Jesse | 14. | Silverline |