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Jesus
Christ Super-Star: a Resurrection
"It is difficult to sum up just how masterful every
aspect of this album is. From the opening "Overture"
it's clear that these musicians are not just trying to recreate
Webber's original vision. Each song has been profoundly
reinvented, greatly intensifying all the remarkable aspects
of the original while also adding many new ones. Listening
to the album for the first time, I found myself unable to
ever second guess the music, always surprised and never
disappointed." -- Washington Square News
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Simon
Zealotes
Damned
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"The
project's saving grace (from the original) is a mix-and-match
approach that pairs some of the city's best and best-known vocalists
- from Amy Ray and Emily Saliers of the Indigo Girls, to underground
faves Kelly Hogan and Benjamin - with a spree of bands that veer
from catalytic rock (Five-Eight) to blissful pop (Cicada Sings
and Uncle Green) to deranged orchestral music (The Feed and Seed
Marching Abominable) to jacked-up ska (Full Stop). The result
is anything but another contrived concept album. Lorant's divine
folly turns out to be a blessing in "
