In "It's a Wrap," she fuses '50s torch-song retroism with' 00s slang (starting at the title and ending with, "It's going down like a denominator"). ❋ Unknown (2009)
The music pays witty homage to Noël Coward and other showbusiness greats in the lyrics and the spirit of 70s cabaret in its yearning torch-song melodies. ❋ Unknown (2012)
The epitome of the torch-song tradition and the embodiment of Gallic allure, Edith Piaf perfected the art of being many things to many people. ❋ Mark Polizzotti (2011)
The saxophone soloist, Branford Marsalis -- who also performed in and hosted the previous night's "Playlist" -- conferred, on the whole, a torch-song air. ❋ Unknown (2010)
The hold music is a little bodice-ripper, a little torch-song. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Much as he manages his private life, this made for a brave if occasionally ill judged evening, shifting between cocktail-bar crooning, big-band swing and torch-song theatrics. ❋ Toby Dantzic (2011)
Katie Stevens: The 17-year-old managed to be sexy with her torch-song take on "Baby, What You Want Me to Do." ❋ Unknown (2010)
"Big Easy" follows a similar format, prominently featuring a drunken trumpet and Boekbinder's best torch-song vocals. ❋ Unknown (2010)
On his compositions, twisting horn themes often in unison motion gave way to solos that drifted in and out of apparent form; the slow tunes were clearly picked with a view toward torch-song beauty. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Anyone who has succumbed to the moist-eyed magic of her torch-song recordings - especially ❋ Unknown (2009)
Their work together on Strange Weather (Island, 1987) - a ghostly torch-song collection of covers of songs by Leadbelly, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, and a spine-tingling take on the old standard "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" - remains a highlight of her career, owing largely to the combination of song choice and smoky ambiance. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Fortunately, Estelle didn't get the memo, and her eager childhood scrapbook is appropriately drenched in retro-soul syrup as warm as a Motown August -- all torch-song piano and swooping strings. ❋ Unknown (2009)
There's a sassy ditty about Neanderthal suitors titled Gorilla Man, an a cappella lament called T-Shirt, even an elegant, torch-song take on Patsy Cline's Three Cigarettes in An Ashtray. ❋ Unknown (2009)
Heard it All Before, a successful meshing of torch-song and electronica, and the cloudbusting exuberance of ❋ Unknown (2008)
Ragga-inflected femme torch-song crooning over distorted, jumpy electro rhythms? ❋ Unknown (2008)
( "Every Rose Has Its Thorn") thrown in; Billy Vera's torch-song weeper "At This Moment"; the ❋ Unknown (2010)
