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Diamanda Galás announces two new albums

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Topic: Diamanda Galás announces two new albums

Posted By: snobb
Subject: Diamanda Galás announces two new albums
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2017 at 3:49pm

The vocalist and composer readies her first new material since 2008's Guilty, Guilty, Guilty

http://www.thewire.co.uk/about/artists/diamanda-galas" rel="nofollow - Diamanda Galás has announced the release of two new albums on 24 March. All The Way will feature reworks of jazz and traditional compositions including BB King's “The Thrill Is Gone“ and a solo piano interpretation of Thelonious Monk’s “Round Midnight” while In Concert At Saint Thomas The Apostle Harlem is a live album taken from her 2016 church performance at the Red Bull Music Academy Festival in New York – a performance that consisted of Galás performing a collection of death songs in Italian, German, French and Greek. The recording also features poems by Cesare Pavese and Ferdinand Freiligrath, and renditions of Jacques Brel’s “Fernand” and “Amsterdam”, and Albert Ayler’s “Angels”.

from www.thewire.co.uk

http://soundcloud.com/user-954026253/01-all-the-way-62316" rel="nofollow - http://soundcloud.com/user-954026253/01-all-the-way-62316

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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: 24 Mar 2017 at 7:21pm

Just heard a track on the radio by her today. Actually saw her live once. Strange, strange stuff ;)

Posted By: Cannonball With Hat
Date Posted: 25 Mar 2017 at 5:37pm

mild interest in this collection of death songs. will try to sample once available.

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Saxophone Scatterbrain Blitzberg

Stab them in the ears.

Posted By: snobb
Date Posted: 31 Mar 2017 at 1:36pm

Both albums are good, I prefer "All The Way" though. Each song here is a small piece of (anti)art. "In Concert at Saint Thomas..." opener is fantastic operatic piece, but some songs are better than others.

All said above valid if you're familiar with Galas music and generally like it. Not for everyone taste for sure.