![]() ![]() With these ten songs he explores that topic to the fullest, coloring the music with his signature blend of authority and understanding.Ī mixture of tones-inquiring and knowing-sets this meditation on humanity and our times in motion with “A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall.” Bob Dylan’s difficult truths by way of Elling’s passionate delivery immediately become the cynosure of ears and minds, though co-producer Branford Marsalis’s soprano solo and drummer Jeff Tain Watts’ pelting finish certainly garner attention. ![]() While vocalist Kurt Elling didn’t come into this production with a theme in mind, he discovered a through line in the act of wrestling with difficulties and dreams in this age of marked unreason and unrest. How does one grapple with existence and its juxtaposition against the present state of affairs? That’s the question that hangs heaviest over The Questions.
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