In the United States and also in the Netherlands, the comedy series Ally McBeal has been the TV success of recent years. Leading actress Calista Flockheart instantly became a superstar and won a Golden Globe with her performance of the quirky Alley. Producer of the series, David Kelley, contracted the then relatively unknown singer Vonda Shepard for the music, who can also be seen in the series as
… the singing bar pianist. A golden move as it turned out. The first CD with music from Ally McBeal was a direct hit. High time for a follow-up. On New Songs From Alley McBeal, the accent is, just like its predecessor, on covers of well-known sixties and seventies hits including Someday We'll Be Together, To Sir, With Love (with Al Green), Vincent, Sweet Inspiration, What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted and World Without Love. Strong pop / rock songs such as Read Your Mind, 100 Tears Away and the folk-like This Is Crazy Now are his own. (CK)more
