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Mary Lee's Corvette, an acoustic pop/rock combo fronted by
lead vocalist Mary Lee Kortes, has released their fifth album
Love, Loss And Lunacy, produced by multi-instrumentalist Stephen
Butler who also plays various bass, keyboard, guitar, piano, and
drum parts on the album. Mary Lee's Corvette is best known for remaking
Bob Dylan's album Blood On The Tracks on the band's
live album in 2003, taped at Arlene's Grocery in New York City. The
band comes into their own on Love, Loss And Lunacy, determining
the structures and essence of their melodies and plowing through with
ornamental fringes decorating their chugging beats.
Loss, Love And Lunacy dips into a number of genres from folk/pop
tunage like the opening track "All That Glitters" to the
country tinges of "Wasting The Sun" and the flustering rock
flurries of "Verla." Mary Lee Kortes' vocal ranges delve
in deeply and plume, twist around, and resonate with precision, latching
onto the slopes of the melodies. The tunes are folksy oriented and
fitted to Mary Lee's vocals like in the song "Nothing Left To
Say," an acoustic folk/pop number that is vocally challenging
and effused with jazz percussion movements and tambourine shimmies.
Mary Lee Kortes nestles sections of trumpet intervals on "Wasting
The Sun" and weaves through the bass and Wurlitzer combo on "Every
Song Is Different." Her vocals have a pitch that is reminiscent
of Michelle Branch and a resonance that shines like Celine
Dion, quite noticeably on the track "Where Did I Go Wrong
Elton John," which complies with the sweet staccato folk tones
caressing the melody. "Falling Again" also shows off Mary
Lee Kortes' vocal strengths in a pop/rock shading.
Mary Lee's Corvette frequently plays the club circuit in New York
City, but this album has also brought the band to the UK where they
played several shows in London and across the English countryside.
Love, Loss And Lunacy has touched audiences with its complex
mix of electric and acoustic textures in shades of pop, rock, and
folk. The tracks fit Mary Lee's ginger vocal tones and solid trajectory
amassing a force of gravitational pull all on their own. Along with
Greg Didonato on drums, Eric Ambel on guitar and drum
programs, Keith Christopher on bass, Rod Hohl on electric
guitar, Brad Albetta on bass and Wurlitzer, and Konrad Meissner
on drums and percussion, Love Loss and Lunacy takes a plunge
into experimental mixes and makes a go at vocals that can reach over
mountains.
-Susan Frances
Track Listing:
1. All That Glitters
2. Wasting The Sun
3. Verla
4. Thunderstruck
5. Nothing Left To Say
6. Where Did I Go Wrong, Elton John
7. Lucky Me
8. Learn From What I Dream
9. I'm Saving Grace
10. The Blood Of Stones
11. Falling Again
12. Every Song Is Different
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