what we saw from the cheap seats
Regina Spektor's buzzy new material gets a live New York test run
Spektor’s music has traveled a similar path. A Russian émigré who moved to the States at age 9, her fifth album, What We Saw in the Cheap Seats, is being received as a major step forward. Joni Mitchell is coming up a lot in the reviews; the album’s second song, “Oh, Marcello!,” invites comparison with other greats by interpolating the hook line from the Animals/Nina Simone standard “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” into its chorus. More
