Music Review: 'Torch' from Various Artists

NPR

Published May 29, 2003 at 12:00 AM EDT

Torch is a new collection of "torch ballads" from contemporary artists such as Elvis Costello and Cassandra Wilson. The CD combines the sultry pathos of a torch song with electronic rhythms and sympathetic arrangements. Jim Fusilli offers a review.

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