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Voice and Style: Marc Connors of The Nylons

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It's weird to read a book about somebody you aren't even sure whether you heard him ever. It's even weirder to find yourself caught in an extraordinary biography, both by content and by the way it is told. This enticing puzzle, candid and meaningful, keeps you on the tethers until all the details are filled in - from the testimony of a child fond of his uncle to the envious, but ultimately admiring, words of one of Marc's rivals. The author keeps herself in the shadow, but her subtle touch can be seen throughout the book. And what remains in the end is the image of a great performer and the gentle light shining over us.

Angela Pancella's book is very moving, conveying the kind of emotion that only comes from sincerity.

Looks like Marc Connors was really a very special person... His diary is truly a treasure...

All the interviews are very moving, but as a music fan I have to be very jealous of Karen Webb... What a lucky girl! :-D

Voice And Style isn't without its problems. You can tell that it's written by a fan and isn't warts and all (as I would have liked it to be). The style is alright as it allows for key subjects to tell their stories but I would have liked it if the book was in standard journalistic format presenting the interviews as well as the author's own commentary.

The only problem here is that people who worked with Marc the longest such as Arnold Robinson and Denis Simpson aren't interviewed. They have key stories about Marc that need to be told. Hopefully, in an updated edition the author will get to tell it.

Also, the one flaw I see is that it focuses on one specific time and Marc's impending death a little too much. It's too bad the book doesn't follow his life throughout and present all the background information the author acquired.

This book is worth a read for anyone that is a fan of great music and wants to know more about one of the best A cappella groups in the world.

You don't have to be a die hard Nylons fan to read this book. If you don't know who the Nylons are before reading this book, you will after. Everyone will be touched by this book in some way.

Ms. Pancella's use of her subjects' own words give such power to this biography of a talent that not enough people know about. Ms. Pancella is even able to take us into Marc Connors' own personal memoirs, lending extraordinary insight to what this phenominal tenor went through towards the end of his all-too-short life.