Woyimba/wolemba nyimbo Bev Grant wakhala akupezekapo pachiwonetserocho
ndi zochitika za anthu kuyambira 1960s. Anali m'modzi mwa ochita masewera olimbitsa thupi
Greenwich Village khofi- nyumba pamene Mudzi ankaonabe bohemian ndi
Kulipira lendi kunali kotheka.
Grant adatsogolera gulu lake, The Human Condition, kutchuka kudziko lonse
Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1970, atagawana nawo siteji ndi zowunikira monga Phil Ochs,
Pete Seeger, ndi ena. The Human Condition anali gulu lochita ziwonetsero ku
zenizeni, ngakhale kuyandikira nyimbo mwanjira yapadera. Zovuta
nyimbo za rock, Latin, R&B, pop, zosakanikirana ndi magulu amtundu wa anthu osuta.
Powonjezera kwa woyimba wake wodziwika bwino, Grant anali pa bilu ya Ochs
Chikondwerero cha 1973, "Madzulo Ndi Salvador Allende" ku Madison Square ku NYC
Garden, phindu kwa othawa kwawo omwe akuthawa ku Chile pambuyo poti bungwe la U.S
kudula.
Mutatha kujambula ma LP angapo akuluakulu (omwe akupezeka kudzera mu Grant's
tsamba), gulu ligawanika. Grant kenako adayimba payekha komanso mu duet ndi
woyimba gitala / woyimba Bruce Markow komanso mndandanda wamagulu ena. Anakula
kukonda kwapadera kusonkhana kwa mawu ena achikazi. Monga Grant adafotokozera,
anayamba kuchita zinthu ngati mlongo wamng'ono, choncho kugwirizana ndi ena
akazi anabwera mwachibadwa. Atagwira ntchito ndi kwaya ya azimayi ku New Jersey,
Grant adapanga Chorasi ya Akazi aku Brooklyn ndipo pamapeto pake ndale zake zachikazi
adabwera pamodzi ndi gulu lake lotsatira, Bev Grant ndi Atsikana Otsutsa.
Phokoso laposachedwa la kuphatikiza uku sikufanana ndi thanthwe / anthu
The Human Condition kapena mtundu wa woyimba-woyimba yemwe amayembekezera kuchokera ku chikhalidwe
wankhondo akutulutsa gitala lamayimbidwe. M'malo mwake Ana Aakazi Otsutsa a Grant
imapereka zigawo zitatu za soprano ndi alto harmonies zomwe zimamveka ngati Andrew
Alongo apita mopitilira muyeso. Munthu amatha kumva nyimbo zamtengo wapatali zazaka zana m'ndende
za CD izi. Gulu ili limagwedezeka, kugwetsa, kulumpha, kutonthoza, ndi kukankha bulu.
Gulu loyambirira la Grant linali Lynn Stabile ndi Valerie Andrew-levich,
awiri amphamvu oimba amene analemba chimbale panopa naye. Pambuyo pa
Chaka chochita limodzi, Atsikana adapita kuzinthu zina,
kotero ena awiri, Angela Lockhart ndi Carolynn Murphy, atenga mphamvu
maudindo. Mutha kumva zonse akamaimba, koma CD yawo Cheeky
Woman imapereka chikalata chanzeru cha anthu atatu amphamvu awa.
CD imayamba ndi nambala yoperekedwa "Amayi Akuchoka Kunyumba," yokongola
nkhani ya vuto la mkazi/mayi wazaka zapakati amene amabwera kudzaphunzira
kuti sanadzidziwepo kwenikweni. Imawonetsedwa ngati kusintha kwa tempo
izo zikutsutsa kupanda pake kwa mutuwo. Albumyo imadzazidwa ndi miyala yamtengo wapatali ngati
izi, komanso "Emma Goldman" ya Jolie Rickman, "Hard" ya Stephan Foster
Times Comme No Moreโ (ndi mawu olimbikitsa a Stabile), komanso osamukira kumayiko ena
"Ku America," yolembedwa ndi Grant ndi Markow. CD imeneyi imatha kukopa anthu kwa zaka zambiri
ndi zikhalidwe monga zonse zikumveka bwino pamene kukhala edgy pa nthawi yomweyo.
Ulusi wake wotchulidwa kuti wokonda zachikazi umakondweretsa nkhope yanu.
Zina mwazodulidwa zina ndi monga "Kumene Akazi Amalamulira," nkhani ya munthu wa ku Africa
mudzi wotsogozedwa ndi matriarchy, ndi "Otopa ndi Bastards," zomwe mwamalemba
ali ndi zambiri zofanana ndi Almanac Singers, kupatula zamasiku ano
kuyankhula momveka bwino ("Ndatopa ndi zigawenga zomwe zimandichitira ine"). Zoseketsa
komabe, chimbalecho chayandikira, "Chinsinsi Chakuda Chaku America cha America," imapereka
kukongola kwanyimbo komanso mawu ankhanza kwambiri onena za munthu yemwe akuvutika
amayi. Osati zimenezo Mkazi wa Cheeky imakoka nkhonya zilizonse, koma nyimbo iyi imalankhula zambiri
za tsankho, tsankho, komanso tsankho lazaka za Bush. Ndizofunikira
nyimbo kuti atsikana amve. Koma ndiye, momwemonso album yonse.
Ndi imodzi yopita kukagulira achinyamata anu komanso ena onse
ife.
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John Pietaro ndi woyimba, wolemba, komanso wokonza zantchito ku New York.