The Ambassador 2014 - Articles Page 85

Using street addresses as entry ways into characters as varied as James M. Cain's Mildred Pierce and the doorman at the long-defunct Ambassador Hotel, Kahane offers a dozen exquisite songs that seek to rewire our relationship to Southern California. The album, which is out now via Sony Music Masterworks, has been transformed into an evening-length stage show, currently touring the U.S.