"The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard" came about after Rickie Lee Jones sang instead of spoke while helping record a book.
(JC MATSUURA for the boston globe)
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"The Sermon on Exposition Boulevard" came about after Rickie Lee Jones sang instead of spoke while helping record a book.
(JC MATSUURA for the boston globe)
In the early summer of 2005, Rickie Lee Jones walked into a painter's studio in an industrial section of Culver City, Calif., that had been converted into a makeshift recording studio. Jones's best friend, author and photographer Lee Cantelon, had invited her to recite a passage for a spoken-word recording of his book, "The Words," which organizes the words of ... (Full article: 1101 words)
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