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LIVE REVIEW: Sing the Truth at NJPac
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Monday December 19, 2011
from nj.com
‘Sing the Truth’: Honoring three legends at NJPAC ‘Sing the Truth’ show
By:Tad Hendrickson
Music with a message is tricky. It can be quite provocative when the two come together to create great art with a conscience, but more often than not, it is an uneasy marriage in which either the message or the music come up short.
Delivering on both fronts, a concert titled “Sing the Truth” finds singers Angelique Kidjo, Dianne Reeves and Lizz Wright honoring social and political music written and performed by women.
“We start at the root of the tree with Odetta, Abbey Lincoln and Miriam Makeba,” says Dianne Reeves, 55, whom some might remember for her role as the singer in George Clooney’s “Good Night, and Good Luck” or for her dozen albums for Blue Note Records. “We move on from there to Tracy Chapman, Joni Mitchell and Ani DiFranco. All kinds of songs end up being a part of what we do.”
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