From: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org (JMDL Digest) To: joni-digest@smoe.org Subject: JMDL Digest V2011 #447 Reply-To: joni@smoe.org Sender: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-joni-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk Unsubscribe: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe Website: http://jmdl.com JMDL Digest Friday, November 4 2011 Volume 2011 : Number 447 ========== TOPICS and authors in this Digest: -------- Britney [Paul Castle ] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2011 10:58:52 +0000 From: Paul Castle Subject: Britney This concert review in the Financial Times caught my attention! "There was a touching moment when Britney Spears picked up an acoustic guitar and sang her favourite Joni Mitchell song, her voice soaring to the highest rafters of the O2 Arena like a Louisiana songbird " OK, thats not strictly true. There are no acoustic guitars and no Joni Mitchell covers on Britneys Femme Fatale tour. There doesnt appear to be much singing either. You had to strain to hear the shrill cadences of Spearss real voice at the O2. Most of the vocals were pre-recorded; during Toxic, the singer grinned as her heavily processed voice made a computerised swoop  vocal virtuosity, Britney-style. [full review http://on.ft.com/vQR7tZ] best to all PaulC ------------------------------ End of JMDL Digest V2011 #447 ***************************** ------- To post messages to the list, send to joni@smoe.org. Unsubscribe by clicking here: mailto:joni-digest-request@smoe.org?body=unsubscribe -------