Feb 11, 2013
by Mark Leohrke
After several years wandering the major label wilderness (mostly by choice), the one-of-a-kind Chicago singer and pianist Patricia Barber recently released Smash, her debut record on the Concord Jazz label. While many of the album’s tunes deal with heavy themes, they are handled in typical Barber fashion—with a mix of inventive, often unexpected wordplay and occasional doses of her trademark dry wit.
