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Les McCann Ltd. - But Not Really (2679 words) |
 | The contrast between the two recording dates underscores Les' maturity as an artist; his technique has developed to the high level of his inspiration, and he can turn out excellent music whatever the mood may be. |
| Les had invited the child and his parents to the session and they stood around in fascination at being on the inside of a record session, while Timmy stomped around the studio with glee to the rhythm of the trio. |
| His purpose was not only to describe the recording session, but to reveal something of the fun and frustration of making an album, and the personalities involved. |
| Tower Records - Limelight - Liz Tormes (1197 words) |
| While the moody songs on her upcoming CD, Limelight, may retain echoes of the stark, honest realism of early roots music, the arrangements and instrumentation move boldly beyond that genre to incorporate quirky keyboard melodies amid washes of sparkly guitar which run beneath her sweetly haunting voice. |
| On Limelight, soft wisps of reverb, low bass and high-pitched pedal-steel lines loll around a slow and spare rhythm section, giving space for Tormes' voice to sing her subtle messages, past memories and apologies to lovers and friends. |
| A record that's as technically accomplished as it is warm, honest and easy to like, by a young woman not only trying to establish herself as an artist, but as a person living in one of the biggest places on earth, and trying to deal with the human entanglements that come with it. |
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