On one level they are a retro-chic, Latin-based, classy easy-listening outfit, specialising in charming and melodic cocktail lounge ballads, before veering off into anything and everything from brooding European balladry and operatic mood pieces to ragtime or the Far East.
Hmm, not my sort of thing at all, but someone gave me this as a present, and I liked it a lot. So I googled around, found they were coming to London, bought some tickets, and went to see them last night. Oooh, wonderful! China Forbes has a stunning voice and stage presence to match, the level of musicianship is phenomenal, they write songs good enough that you can’t tell which are theirs and which are old standards….Broadway show tunes, sambas, Cuban son, French torch songs, Japanese pop. What’s not to like?
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