As a very wise fellow listener pointed out during Monday night’s Alpha Yaya Diallo show, there’s something freeing about listening to lyrics sung in a language other than your own. Without having to focus on the words and their meaning, you’re left to appreciate the voice as an instrument and the idiosyncratic rhythms of an […]
Zumbini Circus
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Melissa McClelland enchants IDOW festival
Melissa McClelland “I’ve never played in a church,” says Carmen Townsend, with her bright red shaggy bangs falling in her face. The Cape Bretoner is all charm. Her vocal play is reminiscent of Rebekah Higgs meets Jenn Grant, but her sound is entirely her own. Townsend takes listeners on a journey through the tumbling acrobats […]