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A Dynamic Duo

Carri Bella, Vocalist

Stephen Blackman, Guitars

In a cocoon of time and space
where a C- Train rattles by
cleaving a cobblestone street
in the heart of a neon-lit city
a dynamic duo
offers up songs of a former time
a songstress
with a disarming smile
sings
with an emotional exactness
spirited & soulful
her
accompanist
a resilient guitarist
who uses his stringed instruments
to define life

pretty melodies
like
Turn Out The Stars
were
expressively wistful
and
performed with a meditative
quality
that conveys
respect and affection
for the music
and
its composer

Carri Bella's honeyed voice
had
a certain downhearted quality
that
would touch the being
in
some unnamable way
On
Get Out of Town
a
Cole Porter gem
picked cleanly
and
played with ease and intensity
from the songbook
of
Carlos Jobim
a cocktail of fantasy
impeccable technique
leisure sounds

a certain melancholy quality
that would touch the being
in some unnamable way
cause one to make love with out violence
played with ease and intensity
weaving free line in
to liberate the soul
provoke the imagination
bring back a memory of a night of lovemaking
in the back seat of a 49 Ford
straight out of human consciousness

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Sept. 9, 2006
Voleur
Redd Williams