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The Vancouver
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Vancouver, British Columbia, (Canada) Tues. June 24. 2003 |
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Joe Mannix, "White Flag" (Bongo Beat) |
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| Mannix is part of the singer-songwriter movement you imagine is swarming New York at the moment. He's good. His album isn't startling but it is consistent. He crafts his songs with care and sings them with a soulfulness that sometimes slips into a keening and affecting falsetto. WHITE FLAG goes from a folkie solo lonsesomeness as in "Light After The darkness" to fuller folk-rock arrangements as in "Silver Girl", "Higher Intervention" or "Movin' On". The forlorn voice recalls John Lennon solo, while Neil Young, circa HARVEST, might have been an influence. Check out "A Meditation". 3 STARS (out of 5). Review by Tom Harrison | |
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