Swanson on Swanson

On Sorrow and Solitude, Penta Leslee Swanson bares her sole with her voice. Picture a dimly lit alley way in Paris on a warm summer night. A haunting sax leads you into a small, unpretentious bar. Just you, the bartender and the jazz combo. On the stage a sultry singer is at the mike. She sings slowly and deeply, with eyes cast down. Sorrow and Solitude is bluesy, moody, and unlike anything you've probably heard. Music for times of deep reflection, or deep relationships. The quote on the first page of the insert says it best: "imagine whatever you will, but know that it is not imagination but experience which makes poetry, and that behind every image, behind every word there is something i am trying to tell you, something that really happened." …Ira Cohen.