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CD Review   Dragonfly  The Edge of the World
 

Dragonfly - 'The Edge of the World'

by Dave Howell





'The Edge of the World' does not have a sleeve for its two CDs it has an entire CD-sized book. Each of its twenty-four songs has two pages for the lyrics and photographs, and other photographs are spread throughout the book, apparently taken in Morocco.
The CDs do not match the quality of the book, however. This is a double album that should have been pared down with the best material to a single CD. It is not bad, but too much of it sounds the same after twenty-four songs. 
Every one of the songs talks about relationships, whether ongoing or breaking. Miki Singh is the primary songwriter and does all the lead vocals. He is a serviceable singer, but he uses his halting, sighing technique on nearly every track.
The band is versatile enough ' Peter Parcek on lead guitar (Singh also plays guitar), Steve Scully on drums, Marc Hickox on bass , and Brother Cleve on keyboards and loops. But they cannot provide that much variety on the innumerable ballads that dominate the two disks. And they never seem to let go. Even 'Rock Show', meant to rock, is played as if the boys had
spent a bit too much time in the desert sun.
Their web site says that 'The Edge of the World' was arranged in Morocco, recorded in the Caribbean, and the debut concert was held in the Maldives. It seems like these guys should get back to Boston, where they came from, and listen to more punk rock. Too much time
in paradise is making them a modern version of Jimmy Buffett.
Afternote: After writing this review, I read this in the March 1, 2004 issue of 'PC Week,' which explains a lot: "It seems that Jeet Singh, who cashed out of his day job as founder and CEO of e-commerce software company ATG, now resides on a 70-acre compound on the Caribbean island of St. Bart's and is known as Miki Singh, lead singer of a rock band called Dragonfly."
Web site: http://www.mikisingh.com/ 

- Dave Howell

 

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