Pastel Blues
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Wild Is the Wind
First time on CD. Japanese remastered reissue of 1966 album packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. Philips. 2004. | 
Bella
Life is a complicated journey in which right and wrong are sometimes indistinct and where the things that really matter are often unclear. Bella is a powerful, leisurely-paced film in which Jose (Eduardo Verastegui) and Nina (Tammy Blanchard) struggle to do what's right while se... | 
I Put a Spell on You
First time on CD. Japanese remastered reissue of 1965 album packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. Philips. 2004. | 
Nina Simone at the Village Gate
Nina Simone recorded for Columbia Pictures adjunct Colpix records from 1959 through 1964, cutting 10 records for the imprint. Five of her Colpix records were concert recordings, a setting that suits her idiosyncrasies while protecting her from overproduction, and one she's return... |
Happenstance
There is a combustible quality about newcomer Rachael Yamagata that for a lot of listeners will call to mind Fiona Apple: A first spin of Happenstance can make you itch with the thrill of discovery, but it also leaves behind the impression that its singer is vaguely dangerous; ... | 
Here Comes the Sun
Japanese 24-bit remastered reissue of 1971 album packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. BMG. 2004. | 
All I Intended to Be
Emmylou Harris has always had a way with woe. On All I Intended To Be, she seems more maudlin than ever as she sings her way through songs about loss, heartbreak, even the odd funeral. Of course, this is the kind of material Harris has always been comfortable with, but as her car... | 
Little Girl Blue
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Worrisome Heart
". . . in a place where Billie Holiday meets Tom Waits . . . has moments that recall pieces of Nina Simone, early Rickie Lee Jones, and even the sophistication of Cole Porter. " - Business Week Although there are elements of jazz, blues and folk in her music, it is simultan... |
