SINGER-SONGWRITER EXTRAORDINAIRE
The Musical Genius of Aimee Mann
Music for slightly damaged and cynical introverted romantics
Writing about music is a lot like translating fine wine into words.
Experienced sommeliers can do so with ease, as can well-versed music critics, but it isn’t always an easy endeavor.
Beautiful music, much like a luscious Bordeaux, can be simple or complex, austere or intricately layered. It can comfort, delight, inspire, and transport us.
Done well, it can move us beyond words, beyond ourselves and the limitations of our own emotional capacity, impelling us into feelings both familiar and foreign.
Aimee Mann’s music does all of these things.
She makes music for thinkers, for the slightly damaged and cynical, introverted romantics who find beauty and charm in the emotionally dissonant.
Her music career began in the ’80s as the bassist and vocalist for American new wave band, ‘Til Tuesday. They had several hits, including the chart-topping songs “Voices Carry” and “What About Love.”
Some may also remember the song “Coming Up Close” from their 1986 album Welcome Home which received some light airplay. This song was, and still is to…
