Acclaimed singer-songwriter Regina Spektor sits with WSJ Cafe’s Christopher John Farley to talk about visiting her homeland of Russia, what it’s like to be an immigrant in America and her new album ‘What We Saw from the Cheap Seats.’
this song is so sad and beautiful.
themainstreamunderground: Watch the always lovely Regina Spektor perform a track from her new album What We Saw From The Cheap Seats. Click here.
reginapolis: Fingers crossed!! Go buy the album if you haven’t already!!
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Listening to New music from my beloved Regina Spektor! Right NOW, you can too <3
A genuine oddball with a salty side, Regina Spektor possesses a vocal style rangy enough to encompass sweet nothings, animal noises, drum sounds and funny accents. But for all her occasional flights of fancy — or perhaps because her unpredictability makes her sincerity more disarming — Spektor is a skilled sentimentalist whose words summon universal feelings of love, hope, disappointment and desire.
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Spektor’s first new studio album in three years, What We Saw From the Cheap Seats (out May 29) finds her scattering in several directions without losing sight of the sweet melodies that make her so accessible. “Don’t Leave Me (Ne Me Quitte Pas)” bounces and lilts through an almost comically jaunty arrangement — it’s 3 minutes and 40 seconds of pure, sprightly ingratiation — before giving way to the sparklingly gorgeous ballad “Firewood,” whose minor-key piano and hopeful realism make it one of her finest songs. Spektor may get silly in “Oh Marcello,” or imitate drum blasts in “All the Rowboats,” but she’s forever on the verge of a devastating insight or a gasp-inducing succession of notes.
For a classically trained performer with an unusual history — she moved from Moscow to the Bronx when she was 9, then later trained at a music conservatory — Spektor has a remarkable gift for gut-level connection, and for drawing a straight line from her idea-packed head to thousands of bleeding hearts. On What We Saw From the Cheap Seats, as on its predecessors, even the weirdest moment comes in service of warmth that’s as kind and necessary as an old friend.
troisfeuilles: Regina Spektor - Small Town Moon
Some of you knows how Regina’s music, can go straight to the head as a bullet. Yeah she sound so nice but yet, her music can reach everyone ! Small Town Moon is a teaser of what will be her forthcoming album, What We Saw from the Cheap Seats, set to be release on may 29 ! Piano and hand clap everybody !!
Certain d’entre vous savent que la musique de Regina peut vous percuter comme une balle tiré à pleine vitesse. Oui, elle est toute mignonne, mais sa musique n’en reste pas moins efficace ! Small Town Moon est un avant gout de ce que sera son prochain album, What We Saw from the Cheap Seats, prévu pour le 29 mai ! Du piano et on frappe dans ses mains tout le monde !
We’re getting closer and closer to the May 29th release date for What We Saw From the Cheap Seats! To help spread the word around, please RSVP to the official Facebook event page for the new album!
Price: $16.51. My dear friend blueveins4 and I were just talking about this! HA!
This according to a new Warner press release:
Regina Spektor: “The Prayer of Francois Villon (Molitva)” / “Old Jacket (Stariy Pedjak)” (7” color vinyl single) A RSD exclusive features two b-sides from Regina’s upcoming album What We Saw From The Cheap Seats, due in May. This single on white vinyl, mastered by Bob Ludwig, features two songs originally penned by Russian Poet/Musician Bulat Okudzhava, and are performed completely in Russian.
Wish they’d hurry up and announce an official release date & tracklist!
I’m almost certain these previously unreleased songs will be in Regina’s 2012 Album: What We Saw from the Cheap Seats
All The Rowboats (Under new tittle?)
Oh, Marcello!
Ballad of a Lovable Dictator (Known as Ballad of a Politician)
Ink Stains
The Piano Is Not Firewood Yet
Small Town Moon
And possibly the following covers:
Prayer of Fracois Villon
The Old Jacket
May 12th is just around the corner!
