Streisand Smackdown
Soundcheck | May 3, 2010
Having sold 140 million albums and won an armful of Grammys, Barbra Streisand has just released her first ¬full-length studio session in four years. Featuring her trademark romantic-ballad treatment on 13 well-known standards, it opened at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart. While fans say Babs sings like buttah – detractors don’t think she can cut it in jazz repertory. It’s a debate for this week’s Soundcheck Smackdown.
Joining us is Will Layman, a jazz critic who contributes to NPR, Popmatters.com, and other outlets; and Allison Waldman, author of The Barbra Streisand Scrapbook (Citadel Press).
Tell us: What do you think of Barbra Streisand? Leave a comment!
