Kai Hoffman (vocals); Roger Lewyn (piano).
In these world weary days, the good old GASbook never fails
to provide a shoulder to weep on. Dennis Potter expressed that theme perfectly in his novel, and later televised masterpiece, Pennies From
Heaven.
Potter was writing about America in the days of The
Depression - the 1930s. Steinbeck was, perhaps, the finest to use those Dust
Bowl days as his inspiration - after all, he was there but, although Potter
wasn't he found the inspiration for his story in the songs his hero sold as a sheet
music salesman selling to stores who didn't want sheet music.
Fast forward to today and many of those old songs can relate to now and this dreadful situation the world is in. One in particular that seemed to sum it up in Kai's non-stop show was Johnny Mercer's Accentuate the Positive.
Old Cape Cod, even the title conveyed that it was something more than Old South Shields ...
Caravan; All the Way; an up tempo People Will Say We're in Love; a medley of They Can't Take That Away From Me, Nice Work if You Can Get it and 'S Wonderful with a shot at We'll Meet Again to finish. There may have been an encore but I figured, quit whilst your winning, Kai's encores sometimes run into next week.
It's a great stream for those of us who like to hear faultless interpretations of the greatest music of the 20th century.
Lance.
PS: Loved seeing Lulu - she's a beaut!
No comments :
Post a Comment