Last Minute Tuesday: Pink Martini

By Jonathan McNamara Photo by Sherri Diteman Pianist Thomas M. Lauderdale wants you to know that the lyrics in Pink Martini's songs are not to be picked apart. In fact, to do so you'd have to know several languages. The band's latest album Hey Eugene! features songs in Arabic, Japanese,...

By Jonathan McNamara

May 13, 2008

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By Jonathan McNamara

Photo by Sherri Diteman

Pianist Thomas M. Lauderdale wants you to know that the lyrics in Pink Martini's songs are not to be picked apart. In fact, to do so you'd have to know several languages. The band's latest album Hey Eugene! features songs in Arabic, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and a few other languages, as well. So don't worry about what singer China Forbes is "saying" as she emits aural stimulus at the Scottsdale Civic Center Mall Amphitheater tonight. Instead, focus on what the music is communicating to you.

Pink Martini will play the Scottsdale Civic Center Mall Amphitheater tonight starting at 7:30.

For more on the band, see pinkmartini.com

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