The first time I ‘listened’ to Baby Dee I was asleep. A friend played ‘The Robin’s Tiny Throat’ to wake me up on a Sunday morning and I remember how sneakily Dee’s sparse piano made its way into my ears and reconnected me with the world: ‘What is this?’, I asked. ‘Shhh, wait till the end’. Dee’s songs read like short stories: though they easily blend in with whatever state you’re in, there are details and details to take in. Except for the occasional divertissement indebted to her humorous, ‘dark cabaret’ side (and to her past as a street performer), most of her songs are exquisitely moody and spacious, much like Current 93’s piano-only masterpiece Soft Black Stars or Kate Bush’s A Sky Of Honey. Take ‘Unheard of Hope’ from A Book of Songs for Anne Marie (2010): just three notes on the piano and her meandering voice, typically divided between singing and recitative. It could hardly be more stripped-down, but Dee’s a master in keeping you on your toes.
BABY DEE – I Am A Stick – CD – TAR050
4,39 €
1 / I Am A Stick / 5:57
2 / Sky Of Loving Arms / 6:15
3 / Up Tree, River Down / Wilhelmus / 5:30
4 / Big Love / 5:58
5 / Whose Rough Hands / 6:14
6 / But In My Dream / 4:43
7 / Tokyo / 1:44
8 / Bendy Bus / 3:06
9 / Okadoka / 1:54
10 / Hymn / 3:01
11 / Road Of Eyes That See / 4:39
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