Year: 2018
File: MP3@320K/s
Time: 42:48
Size: 99,3 MB
Art: Front
(4:31) 1. Nobody But You
(3:15) 2. Miss The Boat
(3:09) 3. Laundry Day
(2:41) 4. You + Me
(4:27) 5. Black Swan
(2:39) 6. Direction
(4:12) 7. Sneaking Around
(2:38) 8. Afraid To Lose You
(4:00) 9. Everlasting
(3:12) 10. Walking In The Rain
(4:54) 11. You + Me - Reprise
(3:05) 12. Loneliness
Those who are tired of the uniformity that dominates the charts and radio waves these days, better brace yourself and read on quietly. Because who really doesn't give a damn about how songs seem to sound these days, is Lien De Greef. As Lady Linn, she's been doing her quirky thing for fifteen years. Usually supported by her Magnificent Seven, but to add some luster to her anniversary, they are even given even reinforcement this time. So Lady Linn and her Magnificent Bigband. She occupies a unique place in the Flemish music industry and she adds some strength to that on her new album 'Black Swan'.
Lady Linn's music is a bit like a time machine: you are sent back in time decades. We do not count ourselves among the cultural pessimists who think that everything used to be better, but it is nice to taste the tones of the first half of the last century: real big band music and you get that more than ever with Lady Linn . Her seven musicians have now turned sixteen. Four card tables, yes. That has to produce a pleasant atmosphere and you can hear that immediately in opener Nobody But You , in which all musical registers are immediately pulled open. An enormous sound that almost blows your mind and the song that lies beneath it is also quite enjoyable. But anyone who expects it to be such a bombastic sound all the time will be disappointed; and luckily. Trop is of course too much and we are convinced that no one knows that better than producer Jonathan Jeremiah. Because at the end of the second song, Miss The Boat , we already started to worry whether we could do this for a long ride. And just then there will already be a nice break with Laundry Day . That proves to us what a great singer and songwriter Lady Linn has become. A song about writer's block and how to deal with it: why not about the daily life of a singer / mom? The album is really at cruising speed, because a little later follows the excellent first single You + Me. We suspect that this is a real hit in swing circles, when even we start to feel light dancing jitters. Direction would also be excellent single material for us: it is catchy, danceable and easily digestible.
Keeping the big band feeling exciting for an entire album just didn't work out for us, but we still want to give Lady Linn all the praise for daring to choose a different sound so resolutely. Because we have the feeling that she could make it easier for herself and instead of jazz music opt for more poppy songs. What her passage in the vtm program 'Liefde Voor Muziek' made clear to us is how good she sounds when she opts for a sparse accompaniment. What Was To Come by Bart Peeters was the breathtakingly beautiful Raindrops On A Leaf . That is of course not on 'Black Swan', but there is another minimalist song that stands out for us: Afraid To Lose You. Wonderfully simple on the piano and therefore really stunning. Although we certainly do not want to drive Lady Linn out of that unique jazz corner that she gives us a unique interpretation. Maybe Walking In The Rain is the perfect symbiosis. It starts clean, but gets a grand finale with the big band and therefore it could be the best of both worlds...Translate By Google https://damusic.be/cd/lady-linn-and-her-magnificent-bigband-black-swan-6881.html
Lady Linn's music is a bit like a time machine: you are sent back in time decades. We do not count ourselves among the cultural pessimists who think that everything used to be better, but it is nice to taste the tones of the first half of the last century: real big band music and you get that more than ever with Lady Linn . Her seven musicians have now turned sixteen. Four card tables, yes. That has to produce a pleasant atmosphere and you can hear that immediately in opener Nobody But You , in which all musical registers are immediately pulled open. An enormous sound that almost blows your mind and the song that lies beneath it is also quite enjoyable. But anyone who expects it to be such a bombastic sound all the time will be disappointed; and luckily. Trop is of course too much and we are convinced that no one knows that better than producer Jonathan Jeremiah. Because at the end of the second song, Miss The Boat , we already started to worry whether we could do this for a long ride. And just then there will already be a nice break with Laundry Day . That proves to us what a great singer and songwriter Lady Linn has become. A song about writer's block and how to deal with it: why not about the daily life of a singer / mom? The album is really at cruising speed, because a little later follows the excellent first single You + Me. We suspect that this is a real hit in swing circles, when even we start to feel light dancing jitters. Direction would also be excellent single material for us: it is catchy, danceable and easily digestible.
Keeping the big band feeling exciting for an entire album just didn't work out for us, but we still want to give Lady Linn all the praise for daring to choose a different sound so resolutely. Because we have the feeling that she could make it easier for herself and instead of jazz music opt for more poppy songs. What her passage in the vtm program 'Liefde Voor Muziek' made clear to us is how good she sounds when she opts for a sparse accompaniment. What Was To Come by Bart Peeters was the breathtakingly beautiful Raindrops On A Leaf . That is of course not on 'Black Swan', but there is another minimalist song that stands out for us: Afraid To Lose You. Wonderfully simple on the piano and therefore really stunning. Although we certainly do not want to drive Lady Linn out of that unique jazz corner that she gives us a unique interpretation. Maybe Walking In The Rain is the perfect symbiosis. It starts clean, but gets a grand finale with the big band and therefore it could be the best of both worlds...Translate By Google https://damusic.be/cd/lady-linn-and-her-magnificent-bigband-black-swan-6881.html
Black Swan
