AMANDA McBROOM HAS BEEN CALLED '..The greatest cabaret performer of her generation, an urban poet who writes like an angel and has a voice to match." by maximillien de lafayette
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single white dove does not “make the spring”…One single ray of light does not
create a sun, and one single big hit does not elevate a singer or a songwriter
to the throne of perfection. Bette Midler’s "The Rose” was not the only
reason behind the international success of Amanda McBroom. True, very true,
when Bette Midler sang Amanda’s song, the fame of the screen star launched the
career of Amanda McBroom but, did not create her genius and phenomenal
talent. For, everybody knows, Amanda McBroom as a singer is far better
than Bette Midler or any contemporary torch and cabaret singer in the
business, to a certain extent. On stage, she is magic in motion, a mesmerizing
diva who spread beauty, elegance, class, drama, enigma, joy, style and roaring
artistic talent. As soon as Amanda appears on stage, the audience is
immediately taken and mesmerized by her lyrical, nostalgic and melodic mezzo
soprano voice, her strong yet welcomingly tender and warm personality, her
artistic projection, the way she moves and she looks at her audience, the
truthful inner feelings she expresses in the shadows and lights of her eyes
and voice, the poetic forms and drawings of her hands movements, her intimate
musical projection, her phrasing, her intelligent articulation and her ease
in adding more warmth, joy, drama, reality and fun to words…and of course,
her way with words. Some critics have misinterpreted her stage “persona” and
depicted her as a Prima Dona who tries to steal the show through accentuated
theatrical mannerism but, the overwhelming majority of heavy weight critics,
informed connoisseurs and millions of her fans around the globe think
differently. She does not need to steal the show, simply because she is the
show herself, the only show in town…