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Splendor in the Grass

ISBN: B002MD3UGO

Title: Splendor in the Grass

Author: Pink Martini

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Coming to Meijer Gardens July 8.
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“[A] wondrously eclectic tapestry of foreign textures, sounds, and cultures.”—Boston Globe

“This is rich, hugely approachable music, utterly cosmopolitan yet utterly unpretentious. And it seems to speak to just about everybody.”—Washington Post

“Ms. Forbes is an unpretentious, pitch-perfect chanteuse who can be breathy and girlish or sultry. She’s ideal for songs that usually revolve around old-fashioned romance; she tempers heartbreak with savoir-faire.”—New York Times

Pink Martini’s three previous albums have sold over 2 million copies worldwide.
Long-awaited fourth album features several songs in a classic Pink Martini style alongside excursions into 1970s, modernist minimalism, classic ranchera, and swing.
Partnering with high-powered NYC publicity firm Sacks & Co. (Björk, David Byrne, Buena Vista Social Club) to publicize Splendor in the Grass.
Famed Dandy Warhols guitarist and leader Courtney Taylor-Taylor appears on the title track.
Velvet-voiced Emilio Delgado, famous as Luis on Sesame Street, duets with China Forbes on “Sing.”
Legendary 90-year-old ranchera singer Chavela Vargas, formerly the lover of painter Frida Kahlo, guests on Agustin Lara classic “Piensa en mi.”
Popular NPR correspondent Ari Shapiro makes his professional recording debut on the Pink Martini original “But Now I’m Back.”

China Forbes: vocals/Timothy Nishimoto: vocals, percussion/ Gavin Bondy: trumpet/Robert Taylor: trombone/Nicholas Crosa: violin/Pansy Chang: cello/Dan Faehnle: guitar/Phil Baker: upright bass/Maureen Love: harp/Brian Davis: congas, percussion/ Derek Rieth: congas, percussion/Martin Zarzar: drums, percussion/ Thomas M. Lauderdale: piano Chavela Vargas: guest vocals/Emilio Delgado: guest vocals/ Ari Shapiro: guest vocals/Courtney Taylor-Taylor: guest guitar

Ninna nanna
Ohayoo Ohio
Splendor in the Grass
Ou est ma tete?
And Then You’re Gone
But Now I’m Back
Sunday Table
Over the Valley
Tuca tuca
Bitty Boppy Betty
Sing
Piensa en mi
New Amsterdam
* Ninna nanna (reprise)