Too often, great singers with great voices and great backing bands can throw a track (or five) into an album that’ll make you feel like drinking yourself to death.
Not Blossom Dearier.
Maybe it’s the nostalgia. Maybe it’s the sweetness in her voice. Maybe it’s the fantasy of a more simple time when women were born with a voice and sang into a microphone without all the 21st century techno-gadgets that could make them sound like something they weren’t.
The New York Times put it like this: “Ms. Dearie pursued a singular career that blurred the line between jazz and cabaret.”
Whatever it is, it’ll make you feel like you’re in a laid back swanky jazz club. Or a speakeasy. Or your living room on a night when the temperature has thankfully dropped into the first breaths of autumn range after a hot summer, and you’re barefoot, cool, and with your beautiful girl.
Again… whatever it is, it’s good. Very good.
New items, new markdowns. BR turns up the heat on their end of summer clearance.
Inspired by all those back to school shopping lists, let's grow it up and do…
Penny drivers with the deck shoe soles. In person with some summer slip-on chimeras.
Last day for the extra 25% off Allen Edmonds sale items deal.
Newness news: J. Crew has brought back their excellent stretch-infused and breathable Traveler suits.
Attn shoe hounds: Italian perforated suede drivers, cool retro sneakers, and dress shoes.