"[A] wondrously eclectic tapestry of foreign textures, sounds, and cultures." -- Boston Globe "This is rich, hugely approachable music, utterly cosmopolitan yet utterly unpretentious. And it seems to speak to just about everybody." -- Washington Post
"Ms. Forbes is an unpretentious, pitch-perfect chanteuse who can be breathy and girlish or sultry. She's ideal for songs that usually revolve around old-fashioned romance; she tempers heartbreak with savoir-faire." -- New York Times
* Pink Martini's three previous albums have sold over 2 million copies worldwide.
* Long-awaited fourth album features several songs in a classic Pink Martini style alongside excursions into 1970s, modernist minimalism, classic ranchera, and swing.
* Partnering with high-powered NYC publicity firm Sacks & Co. (Björk, David Byrne, Buena Vista Social Club) to publicize Splendor in the Grass.
* Famed Dandy Warhols guitarist and leader Courtney Taylor-Taylor appears on the title track.
* Velvet-voiced Emilio Delgado, famous as Luis on Sesame Street, duets with China Forbes on "Sing."
* Legendary 90-year-old ranchera singer Chavela Vargas, formerly the lover of painter Frida Kahlo, guests on Agustin Lara classic "Piensa en mi."
* Popular NPR correspondent Ari Shapiro makes his professional recording debut on the Pink Martini original "But Now I'm Back."
China Forbes: vocals/Timothy Nishimoto: vocals, percussion/ Gavin Bondy: trumpet/Robert Taylor: trombone/Nicholas Crosa: violin/Pansy Chang: cello/Dan Faehnle: guitar/Phil Baker: upright bass/Maureen Love: harp/Brian Davis: congas, percussion/ Derek Rieth: congas, percussion/Martin Zarzar: drums, percussion/ Thomas M. Lauderdale: piano Chavela Vargas: guest vocals/Emilio Delgado: guest vocals/ Ari Shapiro: guest vocals/Courtney Taylor-Taylor: guest guitar
* Ninna nanna
* Ohayoo Ohio
* Splendor in the Grass
* Ou est ma tete?
* And Then You're Gone
* But Now I'm Back
* Sunday Table
* Over the Valley
* Tuca tuca
* Bitty Boppy Betty
* Sing
* Piensa en mi
* New Amsterdam
* Ninna nanna (reprise)
