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Article: After rough year, Diana Krall blooms with 'Wallflower' (www.democratandchronicle.com)

After rough year, Diana Krall blooms with 'Wallflower'

Elysa Gardner, USA TODAY 4:10 p.m. EST February 2, 2015

(Photo: Bryan Adams)

NEW YORK — Diana Krall's voice sounds even more sultry than usual as she greets a visitor in a midtown recording studio. "My kids had colds, so now I have a cold," explains the singer/pianist and mother of 8-year-old twin boys.

As fans know, Krall's resistance has been down lately. Last September, she was diagnosed with pneumonia and had to postpone the release of a new album, Wallflower, initially due Oct. 14, and a tour that was set to launch Nov. 7.

Wallflower finally arrives this Tuesday, and Krall, 50 (though you wouldn't know it to look at her in a leather jacket and skirt) will hit the road Feb. 25, with dates scheduled through August. She feels ready, though she admits, "I'm a different person than I was. I have to watch my health."

Krall adds, "I've had a really, really tough year."

She's not just referring to the pneumonia. Krall's father died in December, after a long illness. When the subject comes up, her eyes well with tears. "It's been shattering," she says. "I'm shattered. I don't know what to say — it's too raw, too close to me still, to talk about it."

The tracks on Wallflower — new readings of pop classics made famous by, among others, the Eagles, the Carpenters, Elton John and the Mamas and the Papas, plus a previously unreleased tune by Paul McCartney — were obviously recorded before she lost her dad, though they have a sense of melancholy that is "always there," Krall says, in her music. "It's what I find truthful and beautiful."

Though known primarily for her interpretations of jazz and traditional pop music, Krall wanted to record "music that I share with my peers. ... I didn't want to do a jazz record." Wallflower was produced by a pop veteran with a jazz background: Krall's fellow Canadian David Foster, who also plays piano or keyboards on most tracks.

Diana Krall promotes her newest album "Wallflower." (Photo: Bryan Adams)

"It was a luxury, because I couldn't play piano like that," Krall insists. "He put the songs in really difficult keys. Now I'm cursing him, because I'm thinking, how am I going to learn to play them in those keys?"

Outside the studio, Krall's partner is Elvis Costello, whom she married in 2003. "I think it's such an incredible thing to be in our house," she says. Their work styles are different: "I have the jazz musician's curse of being hyper-sensitive to everything. Elvis can sit with the kids running around, in a totally cuckoo space, and focus."

Their sons, Dexter and Frank, play piano and congas and listen to all kinds of music, their tastes in rock ranging from the Beatles to Elbow. "They're also really into Adventure Time, which I love, and Over the Garden Wall," the Cartoon Network series.

"My life is all about Forbidden Planet and other cool things," Krall says. "They're at a cool age. Every age is, but they're really into discovering things. Frank came up to me the other day and said, 'You'll really like this show — it's got jazz in it.' This is how he's negotiating with me."

For all her eagerness to play live again, in fact, Krall says, "All my choices are impacted by the love I have for my family. ... It's important for you to do your work, but it's also been important for me to come home and read to my children and have the luxury of having time with them."

Before leaving the studio, Krall pauses at the door. "I hope I've said a lot of joyful things," she says, and exits smiling.

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Fuente: www.democratandchronicle.com

Article: "I have to find other people's words to express myself" (DIANA KRALL - www.cbc.ca)

Diana Krall: "I have to find other people's words to express myself"

Thursday, February 5, 2015 | 

Please continue to the bottom of this post for memorable quotes from this interview. All photos from DianaKrall.com

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Canadian jazz star Diana Krall joins guest host Daniel Richler to talk aboutWallflower, her new album of smoky, velvet contralto covers. The record combines Krall's jazz instincts with producer David Foster's pop savvy, and features duets with Michael Bublé and Bryan Adams

There's power in Krall's deep, resonant sound -- but also mystery, a hint of tragedy, and a current of raw sexuality. The artist shares her approach to interpreting pop classics, why she doesn't write more of her own music, and how her personal life dictates which songs she's willing to perform. 

Click here or on the listen button above to hear the full segment (audio runs 0:23:59). 

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Head to their website to hear all 12 tracks. 

 

LISTEN: DIANA KRALL - "WIDE RIVER TO CROSS"

Tuesday, August 14, 2012 at 3:10PM

Being the wife of Elvis Costello does bring some perks. For acclaimed jazz chanteuse and pianist Diana Krall that gives you the chance to work directly with famed producer T Bone Burnett, the man behind Costello's recent Americana-centric studio work ("they're like brothers" Krall tells Rolling Stone). The result? Glad Rag Doll (October 2, Verve), an album of retro remakes from the back pages of the American songbook. For a preview, listen how Krall caresses Buddy Miller's gospel and blues ballad tinged "Wide River To Cross". Read more about the new album and stream another track at DC here. Read the full Rolling Stone interview here.

Listen: Diana Krall - "Wide River To Cross" (from Glad Rag Doll)

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Fuente: www.directcurrentmusic.com

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MUCHÌSIMAS GRACIAS A MONICA GROBELNY!

Diana Krall Trio - Monday February 5, 1990 @ Ontario Science Centre

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