But that is typical of Holter's ability to unsettle the ordinary; typical of the way her songs lurch into the unexpected, sending seemingly straightforward romantic tunes off-kilter and making jagged avant-classical compositions coalesce into neat pop.
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: La Casetera Las Acevedo - Cena En La Terraza Love is still in the air, after a Valentine's Day full of fresh romantic tunes brought by several Ibero-American bands.
The sound score features classic romantic tunes by Ella Fitzgerald and Billie Holiday, among others, which situates these characters in another era.
For dreamy folks, try romantic tunes that have a relaxing tone.
Of course, the quintet continued to play blues, like Ron Carter's R & B-flavored "Eighty One" and Wayne Shorter's "Footprints" in 6/4 time, and they retained a romantic strain in tunes like Shorter's "Fall" or the haunting "Circles".
Dart was both lyrical and determinedly anti-romantic, tuning into the voices of the people who make a living along the river's length: a poacher, a millworker, a water abstractor, doing his best to skim and measure and "countervail against decay".
Writing for The Arizona Daily Star, Gene Armstrong called it an "achingly romantic closing tune", describing The Edge's solo as "especially tender".
Ms. Brussell's new show, "I Wish You Love," in which she is accompanied by Christopher Marlowe on piano and Steve LaSpina on bass, is a far-reaching blend of romantic show tunes and inspirational ballads spiced with some tartly witty changes of pace.
As she did, the thought occurred that there is something almost too perfect in the notion of Ms. Peters, the peaches-and-cream embodiment of an ageless storybook princess, singing romantic show tunes by the kings of Broadway songwriting in the 1940's and 50's.
