In a Sentimental Mood

Prior to the pandemic I was already feeling the allure of beautiful new music that wears its heart on its sleeve, and that impulse has grown stronger now that I’m spending more time at home. Today’s jazz-influenced Neo-Romantic pop singers take me back to the days when my parents and their friends listened to music on console stereos while sipping cocktails. The music seemed hopelessly mushy and old-fashioned at the time, but lately it sits with me as nicely as the memory of those evenings when adults felt free to let their hair down in front of their children. Calabria …