Category: Album Reviews
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Pink Moon by Nick Drake
At just under 30 minutes long, Nick Drake’s “Pink Moon” is a delicate masterpiece. Aside from a few piano notes on the title track, the album is composed solely of an acoustic guitar and Nick’s vocals. The beauty of this album is in the simplicity. Nick plucks and fingerpicks open guitar tunings creating a fragile…
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Elis & Tom by Elis Regina & Antônio Carlos Jobim
This sounds like coffee, tea, orange juice, pastries — the whole breakfast bar. The songs are short and don’t overstay their welcome. It’s a beautiful dance between Regina’s vocals, the string sections, electronic keyboards, flickers of piano, plucks of guitar, and infectious bass grooves. “Águas de Março” is one of the best opening tracks I’ve…