| Sings Some Ol' Songs | ||||
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| Released | August 6, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 1993–2002 | |||
| Genre | Vocal jazz | |||
| Length | 35:19 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | Dualtone | |||
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Sings Some Ol' Songs is a 2002 studio album by American singer-songwriter Victoria Williams. It has received positive reviews from critics and as of 2024 [update] , it is her last new music.
Editors at AllMusic rated this album 3 out of 5 stars, with critic MacKenzie Wilson writing that "Victoria Williams is a storyteller of her own kind who possesses a matchless whimsicality" and in these covers "Williams' peculiar vocal beauty comes alive" with a collection that is "absolutely lovely". [1] An assessment in Billboard called this release "a fun treat for classic song lovers looking for new takes on old favorites" and "an interesting project overall that transports listeners to a simpler time". [2] In No Depression , a review called this "a charming, fun, touching, old-fashioned record, the perfect soundtrack to when you're feeling both full of life and melancholy". [3] At PopMatters , Jason McNeil called this work "not the stellar album one might expect from this gifted singer-songwriter, although a definite keeper". [4] In a review of Williams' career for Trouser Press by Ira Robins, Wif Stenger, and Floyd Eberhard, the publication states that this album improves on Williams' last release Water to Drink and characterizes it as "an agreeable spin for those whose taste runs to Norah Jones or Katharine Whalen". [5] In Uncut , Sings Some Ol' Songs received 3 out of 5 stars for being "a romantic, star-canopied waltz through a cluster of timeless classics wrung from the rose-tinted golden dawn of Broadway and beyond" and Williams displaying an "awkward grace proves irresistible". [6]
Victoria Williams is an American singer, songwriter and musician, originally from Shreveport, Louisiana, United States, although she has resided in Southern California throughout her musical career. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in the early 1990s, Williams was the catalyst for the Sweet Relief Musicians Fund.
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All the Songs I've Loved Before: 40 Unforgettable Songs is a compilation album by country singer Willie Nelson, released in 2001. This album was successful in Sweden, New Zealand and Australia - in each country it has sold about 30 000 copies, so it has sold nearly 150.000 worldwide.
The period from the end of the First World War until the start of the Depression in 1929 is known as the "Jazz Age". Jazz had become popular music in America, although older generations considered the music immoral and threatening to cultural values. Dances such as the Charleston and the Black Bottom were very popular during the period, and jazz bands typically consisted of seven to twelve musicians. Important orchestras in New York were led by Fletcher Henderson, Paul Whiteman and Duke Ellington. Many New Orleans jazzmen had moved to Chicago during the late 1910s in search of employment; among others, the New Orleans Rhythm Kings, King Oliver's Creole Jazz Band and Jelly Roll Morton recorded in the city. However, Chicago's importance as a center of jazz music started to diminish toward the end of the 1920s in favor of New York.
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