Regina Spektor

...he would be a good fit, alongside other boldface studio names Mike Elizondo, David Kahne and Garret "Jacknife" Lee. The result is her most ambitious record yet. {sbox} This article appeared on page Q - 36 of the San Francisco Chronicle

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It's a work of concentrated passion and originality. Spektor worked with four different producers on the album, one of whom was Jeff Lynne, of ELO and Traveling Wilburys fame. Spektor knew nothing of his history but after hearing Tom...

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...Kahne. Far is out 6/23 via Sire. She plays the Beacon Theater in NYC on 6/17. While listening to Blue Lips produced by Jeff Lynne for Regina Spektor "heard." The bass is also a hallmark too and swirls around Regina's piano and

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...to the smoothness of Begin to Hope. Somewhere along the viaduct, Spektor picked up four multiplatinum pop producers (like Dr. Dre/Eminem dude Mike Elizondo and ELO founder Jeff Lynne) and put them to work. With so many cooks in the kitchen,...

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...to comprehend the human condition of not fitting in. Spektor's new album, "Far," comes after the breakthrough success of 2006's "Begin to Hope," and shows the effects of semi-stardom. Its songs are carefully polished by a cluster of A-list...

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...worked with Mike Elizondo (Fiona Apple, Dr Dre) and Jacknife Lee (U2, R.E.M.) on Far. She asked if she could record with Jeff Lynne after noticing his name on the back of a Tom Petty album; she had never heard of Lynne, the mastermind...

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...plate. The brains behind the '70s art-rock band Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) recently took a break from sessions for his first solo album in almost two decades to produce songs for quirky folk singer/songwriter Regina Spektor. He also...

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