Monday, June 22, 2009

A New Spin on Storytelling

Regina Spektor, a rising star for her absurd and quirky songs, is using some New Angles for a Woman of Many Sides for her new album far, which will be released Tuesday from Warner/Sire records. Her new album represents unconventional ways to portray stories in her songs with such topics as religion and faith. She continues to stay true to her odd style of music even with her rising fan base, which is quite a rarity in rising stars nowadays.

I enjoyed the anecdote about her childhood in the lead sentence and the irony that she had to stay at home while her classmates enjoyed the trip to the top of the empire state building, while she was rewarded later in life by being at the top of the charts. I do feel that it would have worked better to include something about her new album, which seemed to be what the story was actually about.

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