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BEST OF ELSEWHERE 2008 Emiliana Torrini: Me and Armini (Rough Trade)
Only the most diligent Elsewhere reader with perfect recall might remember this Icelandic singer who appeared on the Next Brel compilation/tribute to the singer-songwriter Jacques Brel which appeared here some time last year.
Torrini was one of the standout performers on that album and she has certainly drawn enormous praise for her...
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Various: Next Brel (Barclay)
The music and lyrics of Jacques Brel (1929-78) have seduced dozens of musicians down the decades, notably Scott Walker, Leonard Cohen, Nina Simone, Dusty Springfield . . .
Actually just about anyone who appreciates his melodramatic darkness.
Brel wrote and sang of street people, love and loss, was reflective or angry, romantic or...
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