McBroom’s Songs

It’s always difficult to read a review that finds fault where you find none; that’s why the word “subjectivity” exists (“Wilson, McBroom Hit Dramatic Note,” by Daryl H. Miller, Aug. 21). Still, from my experience in the first row of the John Anson Ford Theatre last Sunday night, I would take exception to Miller’s thoughts that several of Amanda McBroom’s songs “ended up ringing hollow” and that the songs had inherently “lurid, ripped-from-the-headlines emotions.”

Emotions are just feelings: sadness or joy, triumph or surrender. Songs that provoke emotion have little to do with subject matter but a lot to do with the songwriter’s choices of expression and the singer’s talent and creative honesty. McBroom has, if nothing else, always demonstrated an abundance of talent and sincerity.

HARRY LONGSTREET

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