Bea Palya's I'll Be Your Plaything

Autor: Aram Yardumian, David Looseley, Maria Sonevytsky, Nicholas Tochka, Lilla Ellen Gray, Ewa Mazierska, Jacopo Tomatis, Lutgard Mutsaers, Fernán del Val, Richard Elliott, Henrik Marstal, Sean Nye, Philip V. Bohlman, Carol Silverman, Ross Hagen, Charles A. Perrone, Frederick J. Moehn, Daniel B. Sharp, Derek Pardue, Jonathon Grasse, Mila Burns, Marc A. Hertzman, Brian McCann, Allen Thayer, Barbara Browning, Shelley Brunt, Toshiyuki Ohwada, Lasse Lehtonen, Henry Johnson, Brooke McCorkle, Kunio Hara, Martin Roberts, Patrick St. Michel, Rose Bridges, Keisuke Yamada, Anna Szemere, András Rónai, Héctor Fouce, Mariusz Gradowski
Rok vydání: 2022
DOI: 10.5040/9781501354465
Popis: For decades, the state-run music industry in Hungary has artificially isolated musical worlds. The 2010 album I’ll Be Your Plaything is a concept album comprising at times drastically re-imagined cover versions of Hungary’s most popular hits from the socialist era. As such it is a testament to music as a medium’s aptness to reflect on public and personal pasts. The album moreover exemplifies how rich and appealing synthesis of sounds and traditions can be concocted when folk, classically trained, rock, and jazz musical artists collaborate. Along with this freedom to blend and synthesize, the album opens up some long overdue space for women; playing with personas, voices, and singing styles, Palya reflects on issues of femininity, maternity, sexuality, and coupledom across generations.
Databáze: OpenAIRE