| Sunday, 9 March 2008 |
| let's start from here |
And so the CAs are over! I think everyone's just thankful for a short break before the start of the final lap of mugging in Year 2. So let's all just enjoy this short two day break, get revitalized, rejuvenated, refreshed before the mad rush to the finish line!
And since its been absolutely AGES since I did a review of an album, here's one to get the long stagnated engine for music reviews rolling!
Introducing Joanna Wong, 王若琳! If you like female jazz/lounge/bossa nova singers like Norah Jones, Lisa Ono or even Rachel Yamagata, listen to Joanna Wong! Dubbed as Taiwan's very own Norah Jones, this talented songstress sings English Jazz songs so fluently and with such crisp annunciation, you would be forgiven if you ever doubt the fact that she was Taiwanese!
Norah Jones' voice has a crisp, clear quality to it. Lisa Ono's voice has an affable accessibility to it. Rachel Yamagata's voice has a husky, sexy feel to it. Joanna however, feels like a unique blend of Yamagta's huskiness, Ono's accessibility and Jones' crispness. She sings with a quality that is uniquely hers, but definitely puts her on the same level with all the other great female jazz singers.
'Start From Her', Joanna's debut album is a two disc album that features 17 tracks, 12 in English and the remaining 5 in Mandarin. Every track is filled with the emotive rich quality that only jazz can offer, but at the same time, is made with the same accessible quality that only pop can bring. While she is obviously more at home singing English, her attempts at creating Mandarin jazz songs is also praise worthy, and the quality of her Mandarin tracks are no less brilliant. All in all, this is another perfect album to add to your (or in this case, mine!) collection of CDs prefect for late night listening, either to shake off the awful feeling you get when you are mugging for the next exam that you are going to sit, or when you end up dumped and out of love. On the other hand, it is also a perfect album to listen to when you are feeling at peace with the world, and would just like to chill and be one with the universe, to relax and be cool as you settle down for the night, to dream the night away.
And so, lets start the final lap, right from here.Labels: music |
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