| Spell on You (Reviews) Boston Girl Guide I am not sure if we've ever received such a potpourri collection this varied here at the BBG. But Lo Galluccio engages in this risky business successfully, you see. The age old problem with recording different genres of songs is that the artist can't stake their style properly. This record somehow avoids that pitfall and cleverly gets away with bringing together the gruffy likes of "I Put A Spell On You" (Screaming Jay Hawkins) with the Frank favorite (for those of you with class) "Fly Me to the Moon" She sports a guttural execution similar to Patty Smith, which gives the point-blank truthshooting lyrics she writes the validity they deserve. If Exene Cervenka had the vocal quality of Bjork, the world would already have been exposed to the likes of Lo Galluccio. Her second release "Spell on You" definitely warrants some investigation, if for no other reason than to own a version of "Que Sera Sera" that you won't feel embarrassed singing along to... Northeast Performer, April Issue C.D. DiGuardia "Each cover is carefully recrafted in a way a cover should be with the indelible stamp of the recording artist. Galluccio even lends new sound to "I Put a Spell on You," which has been covered by everyone from CCR to Marilyn Manson. Galluccio adds new inflection and life into the old tune that would make Screamin' Jay himself proud. The original tunes do not fall that far away from the covers in terms of quality, with the exceptional "Let em think my wings iz Broke" rising above and beyond the group with Galluccio carrying on like the illegitimate child of Mr. Mojo Risin' over an exceptionally arranged blanket of sound.....This girl has got it going on with her own tunes and other works. The Lo must go on." Tory Waldgyde, Amazon.com. "Galluccio is to jazz as Cat Power is to the blues, or Goldfrapp or Porishead to the torch song, respectul enough to understand the heart, but disrespectul enough to deconstruct and transcend. If jazz is to mean anything, then it must be part of a living tradition, and one allied with the voice, which is where it began. I suspect that voice will sound a lot like the brilliant Lo Galluccio." |
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