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If you think “ironic” and “uplifting” are contradictory traits that can’t coexist, maybe Mama Spell can change your mind. Part comedienne, part performance artist, the Pittsburgh resident (via south Mississippi) tells stories, provides social commentary and performs hilarious lounge versions of seemingly incongruous songs... -- Jack Silverman, Nashville Scene ...hip and danceable brand of twisted song/comedy... --Foxy Moxy, Piedmont Triad Hippo Mama's show is a one-woman extravaganza ... -- Mik Davis Hattiesburg American ...a pop art Gracie Allen. -- Ruth Cartlidge Chattanooga Pulse And she's got so much style that she wouldn't look out of place in a John Waters movie. -- The Winston-Salem Journal Mamas cabaret ...works because Mama can come across as sincere as one of the Bushs first ladies, or a Reagan-era anti-drug commercial. And almost as funny. Because the fact is, Mamas really, really funny -- like a cross between June Cleaver, Liz Taylor and Absolutely Fabulous. -- Justin Hopper Pittsburgh City Paper It takes a skilled entertainer with a distinct persona to blend the many kinds of funny and still come out on top. Mama Spell, a Southern-born Pittsburgh hipster... pulls it off with grace and aplomb. --Patrick Rapa Philadelphia City Paper Her whimsical Southern manner and offbeat humor... is abetted by some stuffed animals and... She's threatening to tap-dance... --Gary Budzak The Columbus Dispatch The highlights of Spell's performances usually are her songs, with the comic bits filling in between, or leading up to, a song. ....This isn't the easiest way to do stand-up, but in her case, it works. -- Mike Machosky Pittsburgh Tribune Review Stories With No Morals offers highlights of her live show... with singing, storytelling and Mama just being Mama. --Mike May, Pittsburgh Magazine Spell spins many a yarn on Stories always with a healthy dose of irreverence. --Kelly Delaney, Pulp This CD didn't skip once! -- Jackie Beat friend to the gays since 1989. |
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