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Diamanda Galas
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Description: | CD on Mute |
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| Format: | CD | |
| Genre(s): | Gothic/Darkwave | |
| Label: | Mute | |
| Price: |
£12.89
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| Availability: | In stock. Dispatched in 1 working day. |
CD Album
1. 8 Men and 4 Women
2. Long Black Veil
3. Down So Low
4. Interlude (Time)
5. Autumn Leaves
6. O Death
7. Heaven Have Mercy
Galás is a singer, musician and artist renowned as much for her uncompromising personality as her experimental work and four-octave range. That unearthly voice is used to stunning effect on the track, as she growls out a dark tale of love, betrayal and guilt in a primal Southern growl.
On her 17th album – the first since 2004 –the queen of extended vocal techniques turns standards from jazz, blues, and country music into her own musical genre. Using the full extent of her vocal arsenal and a virtuosic piano technique, Galás carves songs of doomed love into haunting works that promise to rip your heart out.
Featured on the album are her much acclaimed reinterpretations of Ralph Stanley’s reaper song, “O Death”; O. V. Wright’s “8 Men and 4 Women”; “Long Black Veil” made popular by Johnny Cash; “Time (Interlude)” sung by Timi Yuro; Tracy Nelson’s “Down So Low”; her signature rendition of “Autumn Leaves”; and the favourite “Heaven Have Mercy”, made famous by Edith Piaf.
