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Kotro
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Topic: The Happy Rhodes Topic Posted: August 06 2009 at 10:50 |
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Fortunately not a completely unknown name to severall PA members, still a little publicity never harmed.
Listen. (Full discography) Also worth a look: here and here (contains 5 full concerts about an hour and a half each). List of concerts and respective tracklist. Shorter videos:
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Finnforest
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Posted: August 06 2009 at 11:35 | |
She has an amazing voice. She is Annie Lennox lows and Kate Bush highs in one person. Great stuff, if you like Annie, Tori, and Kate, you will enjoy Happy. |
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soundsweird
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Posted: August 07 2009 at 00:44 | |
I have RhodeSongs, a compilation on Aural Gratification. It's got a couple of good songs, but many tracks are Kate Bush soundalikes and others are marred by 80's production values. I listened to "Many Worlds.." in a record store a few years ago, but didn't like it much. She does have a great voice and lots of potential, but I think she lacks the "originality gene", like 99+% of music artists.
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Icarium
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Posted: August 09 2009 at 04:30 | |
i thought this was a Fender Rhodes page
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Kotro
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Posted: August 13 2009 at 04:58 | |
Must confess I never really heard any Lennox in her - her lows remind me a lot more of Catherine Ribeiro.
Well, I don't really care for originality (after all, original music doesn't necessarily translate to good music), but I do care for talent and skills, and that, as you say, she has a lot. I can see why people bring Kate Bush to memory, but to me that's much more of a vocal comparisson that a musical one - I think her songwriting and composing is much closer to Queen and Bowie, only a lot more minimalist. Personaly I think Kate is a bit more limited.
I agree that are albums to have poor production, but one can't expect much more from a one-woman independent project. Personally I think she is a lot better live, and most of her songs sound better to me in that format rather than in the studio.
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Kotro
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Posted: April 28 2010 at 09:30 | |
Recently found this 2007 interview with Happy Rhodes for progressive rock radio Delicious Agony: http://www.deliciousagony.com/interviews/Happy%20Rhodes%20Interview.m3u
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