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- Summary: The eighth full-length studio release for the jazz singer was recorded in one day at the Saint Mary Church in Great Milton, Oxfordshire, England.
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- Record Label: Verve
- Genre(s): Jazz, Folk, Vocal, Standards, Contemporary Folk, American Popular Song, Vocal Jazz
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| Got You on My Mind | |
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| (Joe Thomas & Howard Biggs) I've got you on my mind I'm feeling kind of sad and low Got you on my mind Feeling kind of sad and low I'm wondering... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Sep 19, 2016With composers ranging from Stephen C Foster to Tom Waits, Willie Dixon to Linton Kwesi Johnson, the only subject they seem to have in common is life itself, but the candour of Peyroux’s approach, the warm intimacy of her voice and the incisive clarity of the arrangements draw them together.
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MojoSep 19, 2016The French singer renders smoky blues. [Oct 2016, p.100]
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Sep 19, 2016Secular Hymns is very close to the feel of a Peyroux live show, and one in which she’s clearly having a ball.
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Sep 19, 2016Secular Hymns feels like you are sitting in the front row of an intimate Peyroux concert.
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UncutSep 23, 2016Peyroux's smoky, Holiday-esque voice has seldom sounded finer as the trio's jazzy ambience is lent a wonderful natural reverb by the vaulting acoustics. [Nov 2016, p.35]
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Oct 6, 2016Peyroux offers fine performances, but they are hers and not the originals.