Album Review: The Rings of Saturn from Joanne Tatham
Album: The Rings of Saturn Artist: Joanne Tatham Label: Cafe Pacific Records Website: https://www.joannetatham.com Vocalist Joanne Tatham celebrates the gorgeous sounds of cabaret blues on her CD The Rings of Saturn. As one Washington Post reviewer praises her shimmering vibrato, her voice is touted for being "reminiscent of the pop balladeers of the late '50s and early '60s," liken to such crooners as Shirley Bassey and Dinah Washington. Some may feel her time has passed with the mid-20th century while others embrace Tatham's steadfast affection for everlasting music. A compilation of jazz standards, pop favorites, and original numbers, Tatham embraces the jazz cabaret syllabus of the mid-20th century on her recording, opening with Nina Simone's perennial tune "Love Me or Leave Me." Rather than delivering the song in a Nina Simone-esque voicing, Tatham inscribes the melody with her own individual imprint and nuances, making the song sound...