Regina Spektor
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I just listened to Regina Spektor‘s new album Far in its entirety on NPR and I think it’s lovely and wonderful and really really amazing. I’ve been a fan of Regina for awhile and am fortunate to have seen her when she was playing a tiny stage in the back room of The Sidewalk Cafe in the East Village. That’s when I fell in love with her music.
Not that she isn’t still amazing on the big stage. I was worried when her first major label debut Begin to Hope came out because I was used to hearing just her and a piano and, for me, that was enough. I was worried that heavy production would drown out the quirkiness and personality of her songs and singing style, but I ended up really liking the album. But still, when I want to hear her like I remember her years ago at the open mic at Sidewalk I throw on Songs or Soviet Kitsch. It seems that Far is a nod to those day, a lot of piano and prominent vocals which may be why I like it so much.
Plus, it has “Dance Anthem of the 80s”. You can’t beat that.
–c.
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