Sensuous

Hello world-wide-web,
     Thank you Heavenly Father for all answered prayers and for all the blessings you bestow on us each and every day. In Jesus' Name. Amen.
This past weekend I went to Deep Ellum and attended "girlshow:the perfect ten." There were many talented artists - from painters, girl bands, to photography, and poetry. In the background, between sets, a Fiona Apple song played. I told my brother, "I remember this song. I like this album, I wonder if I still have it?" Fiona fit in perfectly with the atmosphere. I filed, "Look for Fiona Apple CD," in the back of my mind.
A band called the DemiGods had some of their musicians at the show. I bought two of their CD's -both are solo projects. One of the CD's is by Jamie Reeves, a talented singer/guitarist. Her CD is entitled, "2038: A Message through Time," with an artfully done cartoon drawing of Jamie on the cover. The other CD is labeled, "The Long Countdown: Delphi." If you'd like to sample some of their music, search for them on myspace.com because it's worth a listen. Jamie has a strong voice with lots of range. She is a strong, independent, intelligent up-and-coming young artist. It was a privilege to meet her after she played her song, "Kismet."
Jamie's music reminded me even more of Ms. Apple, so I looked through my CD's yesterday and sure enough, there was the 1996 release Tidal, that has the Grammy-award winning song, Criminal, on it.
Fiona Apple is all of  32 years old and 5'2", but has the sound of a six foot, fifty year old blues singer. Simply amazing. Her lyrics are sensuous and appealing. Perfect if you are in a dark mood, or even when you aren't in a opaque mood, but are angry at relationships gone awry. And let's face it: who hasn't had a relationship go amiss? So really the CD is adept for anytime, but especially in those situations. As I listen to her CD for the umpteenth time today, I find myself listening to her lyrics closer than ever before and sinking into the moods she creates with the music: a uniting of  the mellow and the passionate. Her songs are flawlessly orchestrated with piano, violin, some luscious Latin rhythms, and then of course bringing all of these splendid sounds to crescendo, her immaculate voice.
A couple of songs have stood out for me this go-round of listening, the sixth track, "The First Taste," and the third track,"Shadowboxer."
God bless ALL forms of relationships. Amen.

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