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Livia Devereux: Night Winds Whisper
by C. Michael Bailey
New York City vocalist Livia Devereux sings con brio. She packs a passel of this con brio into a brief set of eight songs with a total time less than 30 minutes. However, brevity is the soul of wit, and Devereux has no trouble rendering her music to the bare bone. The title, Night Winds Whisper, is derived from Patsy Cline's, Walkin' After Midnight," setting the mood stage for this collection not-so- standard-standards. Walkin' After Midnight" has ...
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by Dan Bilawsky
Night Winds Whisper--clocking in at a mere twenty-five minutes--seems like more of a teaser than a full blown album, but vocalist Livia Devereux still manages to put her own stamp on some classics during this record's brief life span. One of the most intriguing aspects of Devereux's delivery is the way that she manages to infuse energy into material that is often placed in a different light. A case in point is her exuberant take on Walkin' After Midnight" that ...
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