From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V15 #98 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Saturday, March 17 2012 Volume 15 : Number 098 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Orla.fm [Dutchmarc ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:59:13 +0100 From: Dutchmarc Subject: Orla.fm Sunday, 11 March 2012 19:52 Renowned Matt Bianco singer and accomplished soloist Basia Trzetrzelewska becomes our DJ from tonight! That's right, to celebrate the launch of our new season of Chilli Sofa, Basia has stepped in with Danny White to offer a few surprise intros to some of their fabulous songs from new album "From Newport to London". The new eclectic mix of jazz, smooth jazz, soul, chillout and easy going hits from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s come together with fresher material on the new-sound Chilli Sofa. Stay tuned evenings for ORLA.fm's Chilli Sofa from 21:00 Sundays-Thursdays. And of course Basia too! http://goo.gl/oRrYR - -------- From Basiasongs: From Newport to London: Greatest Hits Live and More Released on itunes on March 16th in Europe, Japan, Australia and New Zealand. The review on iTunes is the same as on allmusic.com Unlike her first concert collection, 1995's Basia on Broadway, Basia's second live disc, From Newport to London: Greatest Hits Live and More, despite its title, finds her back in her home country, performing in Lsdz, Poland, in June 2011. (The title actually refers to one of the three studio tracks that augment the 15 live songs, a wistful new tune called "From Newport to London.") The set does include the hits she scored in the late '80s and early 90s, "New Day for You," "Time and Tide," "Promises," "Cruising for Bruising," and "Drunk on Love," along with other songs from her studio albums Time and Tide, London Warsaw New York, The Sweetest Illusion, and the 2009 comeback disc It's That Girl Again. "That girl" is now 51, but she has grown noticeably as a singer since the commercial heyday she enjoyed in her late twenties and early thirties. Now, she is a far more expressive vocalist, bringing more emotion and meaning to her English lyrics while retaining the near-vocalese musical quality she exhibited earlier. Frequently shadowed by backup singers Veronique Clarisse and Annick Clarisse-Willequet, she employs a small band including her musical partner, Danny White, on keyboards, Giorgio Serci on guitar, Andy Lafone on bass, Marc Parnell on drums, Paul Booth on saxophone, and Kevin Robinson on trumpet. They provide a much less produced sound than was heard on the studio recordings, resulting in an approach that is jazzier and earthier, not the light disco of the early days. This is all to the good, and when Basia returns to the studio to remake "There's a Tear" from It's That Girl Again in a stripped-down, "unplugged" style, she demonstrates that she can put across a sad ballad with feeling, something she never could have attempted 20 years ago. Marcus ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V15 #98 ***************************