Leading the pack for the first 2 weeks of Dancing With the Stars this season is one of my favorite singers, Welsh beauty, Katherine Jenkins. I'm blown over by the absolute irony of this amazing classical singer finally coming into general awareness in America not as a singer but as a dancer! She may very well be the top selling classical/crossover singer in the world, but is a relative unknown here in the U.S. It's really odd that she isn't better known here, but apparently DWTS is about to change all that. The video above shows her debute performance. It tied for the highest scoring number on a first round episode, 26 points. She was totally elegant doing the Foxtrot. This last week she delivered a stunning quick paced jive number that earned the same score. Looks like multi-talented is going to be part of her resume from now on! I'm not really a fan of the show, but I've made sure to pick up on her performances and while I haven't voted on the show and probably won't in the future, I did vote with my wallet by ordering her latest album Daydream from Amazon. That makes 2 cds on order from the U.K. I also ordered one by the Dead Ringer Band last week. These could be a long time coming, so we'll see how that works out. First time experience for me. I'll report on both in the future. Katherine is another Pandora find. It's been some time ago, but I seem to remember having her show up when I made a channel for Sarah Brightman. Like Sarah she's a soprano, but she's the lower range Mezzo variety which suits me just fine! You all know by now my preference for mellow sounding voices! That's not to say she can't hit the high notes. Girl can soar! She has an amazing range. This style of music isn't exactly my usual girl with guitar stuff, but she makes a great change of pace. Take the opportunity to check her out. The cd I ordered only came to just $9.07 including shipping from across the pond via the slow boat to China (hope that's not literally true!). Anticipation is half the fun, so I'm getting more than my share with this purchase. Here's Katherine's version of Time to Say Goodbye with Andrea Bocelli. It compares most favorably with the Sarah Brightman duet.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
Katherine Jenkins
Leading the pack for the first 2 weeks of Dancing With the Stars this season is one of my favorite singers, Welsh beauty, Katherine Jenkins. I'm blown over by the absolute irony of this amazing classical singer finally coming into general awareness in America not as a singer but as a dancer! She may very well be the top selling classical/crossover singer in the world, but is a relative unknown here in the U.S. It's really odd that she isn't better known here, but apparently DWTS is about to change all that. The video above shows her debute performance. It tied for the highest scoring number on a first round episode, 26 points. She was totally elegant doing the Foxtrot. This last week she delivered a stunning quick paced jive number that earned the same score. Looks like multi-talented is going to be part of her resume from now on! I'm not really a fan of the show, but I've made sure to pick up on her performances and while I haven't voted on the show and probably won't in the future, I did vote with my wallet by ordering her latest album Daydream from Amazon. That makes 2 cds on order from the U.K. I also ordered one by the Dead Ringer Band last week. These could be a long time coming, so we'll see how that works out. First time experience for me. I'll report on both in the future. Katherine is another Pandora find. It's been some time ago, but I seem to remember having her show up when I made a channel for Sarah Brightman. Like Sarah she's a soprano, but she's the lower range Mezzo variety which suits me just fine! You all know by now my preference for mellow sounding voices! That's not to say she can't hit the high notes. Girl can soar! She has an amazing range. This style of music isn't exactly my usual girl with guitar stuff, but she makes a great change of pace. Take the opportunity to check her out. The cd I ordered only came to just $9.07 including shipping from across the pond via the slow boat to China (hope that's not literally true!). Anticipation is half the fun, so I'm getting more than my share with this purchase. Here's Katherine's version of Time to Say Goodbye with Andrea Bocelli. It compares most favorably with the Sarah Brightman duet.
