Band that includes members of Pavement, Superwolves, the Cairo Gang, and Dirty Three, combining the sum of their parts and then piling on more guitars.
In three fine-drawn movements, the singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist/composer/producer cope with tragedy and grief with intent to comfort the listener.
Ella Fitzgerald was at the peak of her form during her 1960 tour of Europe. Her Berlin concert is most remembered for her hilariously inventive version of "Mack the Knife," during which she forgot the words and substituted ones of her own that somehow fit, amazing herself in the process. - Scott Yanow