The Biddies are just musical
author: Paul Kaperick
This is one of the most musical groups I've heard in a long time. Buy Buy Buy!!!!
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Fantastic Album!
author: Vijay Prasad
Wow! I'd first heard the Biddies harmonizing on Food Nation with Bobby Flay on the Food Network. Talk about great music! Wonderful styles from jazz and swing eras and a little bit of off-kilter humor similar to another New York native, Nellie McKay. Covers of "Rhode Island is Famous for You" (renamed to Coney Island in honor of the group's New York heritage), "It's Only A Paper Moon", "Moon River", "Head Over Heels" are pulled off flawlessly. Django Haskins' "Headed South" is saddening while The "Ladies Home Auxilliary" is one of those quite chipper. Originals like the soothing "Little D's Dream", the witty "Ethel & Esther", the swingin' "I'd Rather", jazzy "Alice", the uptempo Little House on "The Prairie Song", the dreamy "Idle Boy", and the wonderful acapella "The Anthem" are fantastic! Biddies4Ever! When's the next album coming out?
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great and different
author: Brian Giese
I discovered the Biddies through Adam Curry's podcast. What a fun group of girls. I love this unique musical style.
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Amazing, magnificent, mind-blowingly good.
author: Bill
Biddi-Luxe is a brilliant recording, on the cutting edge of the New Age Cabaret movement. At once witty, itellectual, sentimental and wistful, this CD has no moments that are anything less than perfectly charming. The re-thinking of the classic Rhode Island into an ode to The Big Apple's Coney Island sets the tone for the rest of this masterpiece. Thoroughly modern and unapologetically sentimental sensibilities meet in a blender--adding a nostalgic flair to these gals' original tunes and a deeply satisfying irony to their thoughtfully chosen covers. Every song is its own highlight, and there are no dull moments. Press play. Enjoy. Repeat ad infinitum. The only thing better than listening to this CD is experiencing the energy of a Biddies concert. But that's another review altogether. Buy this CD. Buy it now. You can thank me later.
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