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Writing, This and That

I’ve talked about about writing in quite a few interviews now, both writing lyrics on my own and collaborating with my esteemed co-writers. This post is about some of my own particular writing habits at home, little problems I come across or things I obsess about. Okay, that was one. I could have said “about which I obsess” but it sounded pedantic to me. It was my father, Leonard...

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Misplacement

Glasses soon to disappear into the great unknown For as long as I can remember, I’ve had trouble holding onto things. It started with my tendency to divest myself of glasses, coats, hats and countless items of little-girl jewelry when I was a child in New York City. As a teen and a young woman, I picked up various nicknames that mocked me for this well-known failing, including “Lorraine...

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Attachments Album Review

Attachments review [August 13, 2013] Singer Lorraine Feather’s engaging delivery and words combine to present a mesmerizing musical painting … the latest of Feather’s wonderfully inventive productions, featuring songs of life and relationships of every kind … [she] is one of the most daring and creative modern jazz vocalists. –Glenn Daniels, JazzPage Lorraine Feather is that...

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Tales of the Unusual Album Review by Examiner.com

Tales of the Unusual Album Review by Examiner.com (February 14, 2012) “My idea for this album was to write, with my musician collaborators, a collection of songs about unusual adventures, both real and surreal; odd people; and in some cases, ordinary people suddenly overwhelmed by a new emotion of one kind or another.” –Lorraine Feather Lorraine Feather was born to either write...

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