Barnett Mandy: Strange conversation 2018

Places the ebony-haired vocalist between obscure vintage pop and modern progressive songwriting. Think Lee Hazlewood and the Tams meet Tom Waits and Greg Garing with a little Mable John thrown in! In a world where people know she"'s a world-class vocalist, Strange Conversation opened new avenues for her gifts - whether it was Neil Sedaka"'s My World Keeps Slipping Away, which was pitched directly to her by the songwriting legend himself, or the McCrary Sistersembellished take on Andre Williams"' Put A Chain On It, which takes a soul gospel turn on the blues that"'s part barrelhouse, part grindhouse, and part church house. Equally intriguing is the carny Western take on Sonny & Cher"'s A Cowboy"'s Work is Never Done, with the gravel-voiced John Hiatt. The quaver in Barnett"'s voice moves from wideopen to resigned; Hiatt is tall in the saddle, equally wry and knowing. Barnett has been called ""a torch singer in the grandest sense of the word"" by the Chicago Tribune, while People magazine has praised Barnett"'s natural musicality, and the New York Times her vocal finesse.