Laura Catrani - Barbara Strozzi: Virtuosissima Sirena [CD] Cold Busted Paring away the choir and

Paring away the choir and strings of Golden Doubt

it is the last Bad Seeds album to feature founding member Blixa Bargeld

and vital statement of rock since the Stooges’ Raw Power” (PopMatters

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The support of that fanbase helped lead to a reputation as a dynamic and engaging live band

Laura Catrani - Barbara Strozzi: Virtuosissima Sirena [CD] Cold Busted Paring away the choir andBarbara Strozzi, a Venetian singer and composer who lived between 1619 and 1677, stands out as a rare jewel in the musical landscape of the Italian Seicento. The adoptive (and perhaps natural) daughter of Giulio Strozzi, a man of letters belonging to the illustrious Florentine family, she rejected the alternative prospects of matrimony or life in a convent in order to devote herself entirely to her one true passion: music. Moreover, she aimed to