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So it‘s no surprise she gets knocked by jazz purists for always selecting one or two pop songs for her albums. However, the criticism is unwarranted, since each song always receives a sultry Wilson interpretation and in the process she makes them her own. Her latest CD, Closer to You: The Pop Side, gathers up 11 of those so-called lighter songs and puts them all together on one CD. There‘s plenty of fodder here, enough to please anyone who‘s listened to pop music over the past number of decades. There‘s Cyndi Lauper‘s Time After Time, Neil Young‘s Harvest Moon, Van Morrison‘s Tupelo Honey and Bob Dylan‘s Lay Lady Lay, to name just a few. The two best songs here, though, are Wilson‘s unique arrangements of the Monkees‘ Last Train to Clarksville and The Band‘s The Weight – one a pop ditty and the other a more rootsy tune. The arrangement for Clarksville is sparse, while The Weight has a more bluesy feel. Two complaints about this CD: the omission of Wilson‘s covers of Hank Williams‘ I‘m So Lonesome I Could Cry and Patti Page‘s Tennessee Waltz. The album would then have been complete. Top of Page |
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September 7, 2010, 5:47 am |