Gloria Reuben and Marty Ashby, For All We Know | The Vinyl Anachronist

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Back when I watched the television show ER faithfully, before they started killing off all my favorite characters, I had a massive crush on actress Gloria Reuben. I saw something in her eyes, a mixture of kindness and intelligence that had obviously persevered through tougher times, and it got to the point where I would miss her presence when the episode didn’t focus on her character. It shouldn’t be a surprise to me that those same qualities are present in her singing voice. In For All We Know, a duet recording with her and guitarist Marty Ashby, we get that distinctive and emotional voice that’s typical of actor-singers/singer-actors, that profound sense of hear the meaning behind every lovely word. Gloria Reuben’s voice is decidedly sweet, gentle and sensitive, and her vocals make it obvious that For All We Know is no vanity project. If you’ve wondered “whatever happened to Gloria,” this is your answer. She was born to sing these standards, all based on “the myriad of emotions that entwines the heart while one wishes for a love, wins a love or loses a love.” I’m particularly smitten with her rendition of “I Get Along Without You Very Well,” since […]

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