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Talking to You, Talking to Me PREMIERE ISSUE [Vanguard]

JOHN FOGERTY His dream comes true

PAT METHENY came to the public’s attention singing EXCLUSIVE A new way to play

ALICIA ORIANTHI with , laying down harmonies that helped make This is it KEYS + 2006’s Rabbit Fur Coat one of the finest alt-country How exploring classic PERFECT LIVE SOUND sounds pointed her TV’S BEST BANDS of the last decade. But on their second , the Watsons to the future wisely avoid the Americana sounds that characterized that first impression. They aim instead for the center of a rock-folk-jazz Venn diagram, an overlap beloved by hip housewives and NPR

listeners. Within those constraints, Talking to You, Talking FIGHTING THE ‘LOUDNESS WAR’ to Me manages some variety. “Harpeth River” is a restrained JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2010 VOLUME 01, ISSUE 01 PERIODICAL $5.95 U.S. / $6.95 CANADIAN take on vintage soul, while the skittering “Modern Man” and COVER_FINAL.indd 1 1/11/10 1:39 PM “Brave One” skew surprisingly indie-rock. The sisters are keen on trading lead vocals, but they fare better when working in “Each is a fine singer in tandem. Each is a fine singer in her own right, but it’s those harmonies—cool, blue and a little mysterious—that most justify her own right, but it’s those their jump from sidewomen to headliners. –KP harmonies— cool, blue and a little mysterious—that most justify their jump from sidewomen to headliners.”

- M Music & Musicians

January/February 2010