ext_244113 ([identity profile] aphrabehn.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] plumtreeblossom 2009-11-16 09:58 pm (UTC)

The harp is amazing, for starters.

I hated it at first, but she sort of grew on me as it played on. to me she doesn't sound at all like Bjork, but I like Bjork. Her voice is odd, admittedly, but she has resonance and the ability to hit notes. A lot of Bjork's weirdness stems (I think) from a heavy accent and extremely unusual phrasing.

With this woman, I get the sense she isn't trying to sound good. To sing, at least in the way we think of it. Playing a harp doesn't make singing all that easy, either (forces a bad closed posture.) There's something very stylized here.

And this might get me banned, but she reminded me a bit of Billie Holiday - something in the way she approached notes and her phrasing.

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