Broken Strings
James Morrison Feat Nelly Furtado
· James Morrison featuring Nelly Furtado
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James Morrison featuring Nelly Furtado
Why we feature this artist Two textures within Broken Strings Broken Strings gains much of its expression from the contrast between James Morrison and Nelly Furtado. Their 2008 duet lets two recognisable voices occupy the same melodic argument without making e…
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- United Kingdom, Canada
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- Pop, soul
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Why we feature this artist
Two textures within Broken Strings
Broken Strings gains much of its expression from the contrast between James Morrison and Nelly Furtado. Their 2008 duet lets two recognisable voices occupy the same melodic argument without making either lose its own texture.
The Songs for You, Truths for Me session
The original credits identify Morrison, Fraser T. Smith and Nina Woodford as writers, with Mark Taylor producing. Ash Soan's drums, Adam Phillips's guitar and the accompanying bass and keyboards provide a complete band-informed setting for the two lead performances.
The answer changes the line
Morrison's grain can make a phrase feel worn at the edges, while Furtado's more elastic tone gives the response another kind of pressure. The important movement happens when an idea returns after the other singer has answered it. The tune may be familiar by then, but its emotional position has shifted. The arrangement allows the chorus to grow without erasing that small exchange. Broken Strings reaches its scale through the difference between the performers, with the intimacy of the duet still audible inside the larger production.
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Broken Strings
The duet appears within Morrison's Songs for You, Truths for Me album period.