Africa Meets Art Song - by Chris King (Reposted courtesy of the St Louis American) - A Review http://www.stlamerican.com/entertainment/living_it/article_dd3be7d2-23ea-11e0-a42f-001cc4c03286.html Africa meets art song Posted: Wednesday, January 19, 2011 11:30 pm By Chris King Marlissa Hudson, who now lives in Washington, D.C., has a fascinating voice that carries intense emotion at the high end of her range and moody soul on the low end. This is art song, not soul or gospel, so she sings with an intonation and phrasing heard in the concert hall, rather than the church pew. To FredO's credit, he has worked hard to open this more formal music to African-American audiences in St. Louis, and in Hudson he has found a talented accomplice. She is backed on Libera by Peter Henderson on piano. In the classical music crowd in St. Louis, Henderson is a name to conjure with - up there with David Robertson, the musical director of the St. Louis Symphon...