Tuesday, December 28, 2010

Twist in My Sobriety



Amongst the myriad of sensitive, folk-influenced female singer-songwriters who emerged in the late 1980s, British teenager Tanita Tikaram was arguably the most original, arty and adventurous, easily coming to the fore with melancholy, wistful works that belied her tender age. The most remarkable characteristic about Tikaram's artistry was her distinctively smoky, torch song-informed voice, which provided a terrifically suitable conduit for her insistently elliptical, somewhat haunting folk-pop vignettes, making her stand out from her more conservative-sounding contemporaries. Check out one of Tikaram's most enduring standards, the darkly surreal 'Twist in My Sobriety', which is aptly backed by a moody, sepia-toned video featuring rather disturbing footage of what appear to be daily events in an indigenous community somewhere in the hinterlands of Mexico.

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