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Barbara Rubin is lead singer with Italian prog rockers
LoreWeaveR, but here she presents her own debut album. You
know all those lovely piano ballads you get in melodic rock,
prog and symphonic metal albums? Would you like a whole
album packed full of them? Then look no further. Marianna
is not only a fine vocalist, in the style of singers like
Anne Wilson and Lana Lane, but she is also a highly talented
pianist and songwriter. There’s none of the ordinary plonking
chords, but proper classical arrangements. Although they
are all ballads, there’s a lot of diversity in moods and
textures, with lovely string arrangements (she also plays
violin), and some nice Moog moments. ‘Under the Ice’, ‘A
Place That Nobody Knows’, ‘Music and Love’ and ‘No More
Tears’ are more up-tempo with full band accompaniment, whilst
‘Angel Heartbeat’, the dreamy ‘Stupid Day’, ‘Ero e Sono’,
and the brief ‘Orange Roses’ are gentler. ‘Liar’ starts
with Keith Emerson esque Moog vamping before turning into
an angry power ballad. This is the perfect music to chill
out to with a drop of wine or for a romantic meal for two
(apart from ‘Liar’, the crockery might start flying!). A
gorgeous, but slightly brief, album available for download
from Amazon and iTunes and the CD can be purchased through
the BFT online shop link on her Myspace http://www.myspace.com/barbararubinmusic
, a far from icy 8.5 out of 10.
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