'Safe' and sound
Eccentric multi-instrumentalist Baby Dee confronts her past on a new album
(Photo by Jeff Elstone)
On "Safe Inside the Day," Baby Dee sings about her tumultuous upbringing in Cleveland.
Baby Dee's new album starts innocuously enough, with a quiet piano figure in waltz time. She starts to sing, something sweet about forgotten songs, and pretty soon Dee is chortling and whispering and soaring into her mezzo-soprano, sometimes in the span of a phrase, with cello and viola in tow. Will Oldham's voice is quavering in the background. The melody ... (Full article: 1092 words)
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