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02/09/2009

With the finest soul music, past and present. Trevor's Album Of The Week is The Diary Of Alicia Keys (2003).

Trevor's Album Of The Week is Alicia Keys' The Diary Of Alicia Keys(2003).

Musically, this is a seamless piece of work, a sultry slow groove that emphasizes her breathy, seductive voice and lush soulfulness. Tonally, this is ideal late-night romantic music, even when the tempos are kicked up a notch as on the blaxploitation-fuelled Heartburn. Yet beneath that sensuous surface there is some crafty, complex musicality, particularly in how Keys blurs lines between classic soul, modern rhythms, jazz, pop melodies, and singer/songwriter sensibility.

It's an exceptionally well-constructed production worth repeated listens. And as a sustained piece of sonic craft, it's not just seductive, it's testament to Keys' growing musical strengths.

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Wed 2 Sep 2009 22:00
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Music Played

  • Lonnie Liston Smith

    Expansions

  • Pharrell Williams

    Angel

  • Whitney Houston

    Million Dollar Bill

    • cd single.

  • Odyssey

    Don't Tell Me Tell Her

  • None

    Deleted Record

  • Your Jam

    • The McGrarys

      Love On A Summer Night

  • Tammy Payne

    Take Me Now

  • Earth, Wind & Fire - Shining Star

  • Lenny Kravitz

    It Ain't Over Til Its Over

  • CeeLo Green

    I'll Be Around

  • Album Of The Week

    • Alicia Keys

      You Don't Know My Name

  • Session Track

    • Eric Roberson

      Borrow You

Broadcast

  • Wed 2 Sep 2009 22:00
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2

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