Every once in awhile, the great singer-songwriter Teddy Thompson—son of Richard and Linda—will get a clip of unsolicited music sent to him over the Internet. These tunes are typically bad to the point of amusement, he says, adding, “Unless you’re […]
What makes a vocalist great? Occasionally, you can point to a specific contributory factor—a four-octave range, for example, or a distinctive falsetto—but most of the time, the source of greatness is elusive. You just know it when you hear it. […]
Sometimes you listen to new music and it just takes a while to sink in. It’s not always that you need time to assimilate complexity when it’s presented to you – deep lyrics, layered meanings and arrangements, for example. No, […]
