Rory Stitt
Taurero
© 2005 Rory Stitt (783707144306)
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The Piano Animal returns with his hypnotic theatre-pop and digs deep into the belly of life with his sultry styling and epic delivery. BONUS: A seven minute quicktime video on the disc of Rory performing live.
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Menacing fanfare: The Piano Animal enters the ring, expectant and ready for a beautiful battle. Coaxing, taunting, rushing, teasing, crying, running, charging and stamping- the man and the piano go at it like never before. Watch as they drive each other to sweet madness and eventual rest in the center of all that is sacred. Welcome to the greatest show on earth!
Taurero, Rory's third release, is an exposed exploration of the relationship between a songwriter and his instrument. Direct and confrontational, supple and sensitive, Rory rides a bull through the inner life of dreams, identity, sex, love and death. Poignant, personal and pure, if you listen, you can hear a reflection of your own midnight thoughts coming through Rory and the piano animal.
From classical roots springs pop music with long melodies ala Rufus Wainwright, poetic license ala Tori Amos and androgynous soul ala David Bowie and Annie Lennox. Enough hooks to catch your interest and enough levels to listen again and again.
Rory Stitt was born and raised in Juneau, Alaska where the mountains meet the sea. After one term at a California conservatory, he took a sharp turn and began writing and performing his own songs at the piano, developing a hypnotic and transformational performance style that has won him acclaim as a live performer.
When not on tour performing his own music, Rory has had the opportunity to work extensively with nationally recognized Perseverance Theatre as composer, music director and actor-with roles ranging from Frank N. Furter in "The Rocky Horror Show, Puck in "Midsummer Night's Dream", to Hedwig in "Hedwig and the Angry Inch."
Rory's songs reveal the thoughts beneath the talk, the unspoken dialogues between loved ones, strangers and self. From Broadway to Rachmaninoff, saloon piano to Victorian salons-his music sets inner life on a stage. He draws on his interdisciplinary background to create this aptly named "theatre-pop for the soulful and starry-eyed."
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Rory Rocks!
author: Michael S. DosmannEnergetic and full of Enthusiasm, Rory Stitt unleashes his talent in an album that simply doesn't stop! With a voice that echos wisdom beyond his years, this performer transforms everyday life into sensation!
plucked
author: Matt WoolfreyHow do you play like that, Mr. Stitt? You melt my angry tits with it.
Soundtrack Of The Heart
author: MorganThis is the true soundtrack to the heart and soul.
Awesome.
author: AnnaThe boy has grown and made a fantastic album. He's clearly gifted and his songs stun.
Excellent
author: HelenThrilling artisty on piano and incredible vocal range and expression. The songs are structurally complex, beautiful and accessible. They hook you and hang in your mind.
Progressive, Sexy, Smart and Vital
author: GothicGuruI feel more alive while listening to this CD..... It hits on so many levels my senses hum and my emotions take flight.
The Dulcet Tones of Mr Stitt
author: StephanieThis cd beautifully captures the intensity of emotion and passion that Rory exudes at every performance. It is a remarkable and breathtaking third release from a consistently strong, multi-talented artist. I highly recommend Taurero to long time fans and new alike.
A beautiful, revealing, kaleidoscopic rhapsody !
author: Laura Z.This genuinely unique and multi-talented man takes you on a personal journey that provokes thought,nurtures the heart and sends exquisite rhythm pulsing and surging through your entire being. I loved the way he brought his (CD)Trilogy full circle via simpatico evolution! From start to finish, an absolutely brilliant piece of musical artistry!
make the journey again and again...
author: BrentThere you are curled up on your favorite couch cigarette in hand and favorite drink with ice clinking against the rim to the rhythm. You find yourself playing along the emotional journey. Poetic bouts fly from his lips, your mind reels at the familiarity of the drama as you try to relate. Then the curtain closes and there you are bottle empty and ashtray full of your own crazy addiction, crawling across the floor reaching for the stereo to make the trek again... and again...
Divine Piano Master Delivers Again
author: KelleyRory will open your heart, expand your mind and, most importantly, make you smile. His "theatre-pop" style can only be described in one word: piano-clash-bang-boom-swim-run-jump-laugh. I wish my vocabulary were composed of more than simple verbs because his music is much more than that, but I will try. Taurero is exquisite; it is Deep and Divine. It will make Love to you while you sleep and tickle you when you wake up. Then it will make you buttermilk pancakes and smile at you from across the table while you eat...
Unpredictable vocals and piano make for a very enjoyable listen
author: JeniI liked the unpredictability of the vocals and piano on this CD. Made for a very enjoyable listen. I can't wait to hear what is on the next CD!
The bull has been unleashed
author: GreggThe Bull is unleashed here. Embracing the life he’s lived thus far, boasting of his conquests, but acknowleding his compromises. These are stories to which everyone can relate. Fighting the battles of ‘drugs or love or sex or faith’. Contemplating death. Using sex or drugs to mask our own insecurities and incompleteness. But also realizing that we can’t be alone and perhaps the person we’ve fought against is the beautiful person we should be with to love. If you've seen Rory perform, you've seen the eruption of his passionate energy. This CD was recorded in front of a live (silent) audience in order to communicate that energy...much like a bull being released from its cage.