| In 1988 - following a few years of extensive touring with the funk band
Blast - Hanne Boel turned towards soul-affiliated music. With Black
Wolf, the first of 14 solo releases, her career skyrocketed, propelling
her to the top of Scandinavian charts again and again. However, in
1987, shortly before this success story began, she had a short flirt with
jazz on SHADOW OF LOVE with Jørgen Emborg, Mads Vinding and
Alex Riel. The record was released on the budding label Stunt Records
and over the years, despite a reclusive life in the shadows, the album
sold gold.
Last year’s release I THINK IT’S GOING TO RAIN marked a renewed
association with Stunt after 23 years, which continues on THE
SHINING OF THINGS, an album of carefully selected songs enriched
by Hanne Boel’s personal experience, character and interpretive
powers.
The idea of recording a CD with an extended line-up while retaining
the intimacy and presence of the duo format grew, as did the repertoire
for THE SHINING OF THINGS. It is of no consequence to Hanne
and Jacob, whether a song comes from the world of pop, rock or jazz.
The songs are chosen for their ability to be molded and given new life
in the duo’s musical collaboration, to become their “own”. The selection
includes a beautiful Leonard Cohen song, an old Pretenders hit,
an Ornette Coleman tune and an excursion to the Brazil of Jobim.
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