Her latest album, 'Broken Gargoyles,' was inspired by the plight of horrifically disfigured World War I soldiers. Next up: an album of Hank Williams, Johnny Cash and Johnny Paycheck songs
Diamanda Galás is one of many musicians around the world who cites electric guitar innovator Jimi Hendrix as a pivotal influence — and one of the very few to go beyond him.
“Diamanda is someone who deeply has given everything to what she does,” Dresser noted. “It’s not a case of her being someone ‘I’m sacrificing for my art.’ She does what does because she“When she enters that space, she is hyper-alive and vibrant, and channels something extraordinary because she has developed this remarkable gift. It’s not just a gift, it’s multiple gifts, that are the result of decades of research.
Diamanda Galas, shown here in a 1988 performance in the Netherlands, has long been acclaimed for her singularly intense and highly theatrical performances.“In a way the work could be called a ‘radio play,’ because the text reading is an oration in parts and an incantation in other parts,” Galás explained of “Broken Gargoyles.”
She is equally riveting when performing classic songs with searing force and startling distinction, as she most recently did on her 2017 album, “All The Way.” So skillful, in fact, that in her hands these songs become something more — and very different — than the best-known versions previously done by other artists.
That Galás’ singing on albums and in concert can cut and singe is a matter of record. The intensity and devotion she brings to her work reflects her take-no-prisoners views on life and the state of the world. “My father schooled me in the jazz tradition, the swing tradition and Fats Waller and Art Tatum,” she said.
One of the most striking examples came with Galás’ concerts in the 1980s of her AIDS-fueled “Plague Mass.” It was inspired in part, by her brother’s agonizing 1986 death from the disease.
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