Carpenters

He Richard, pianist and arranger, she Karen, drummer and reluctant singer but with a voice as clear as few. Champions of conservative pop WASP mainstream, much loved by Nixon, in some ways the denial of the rock commitment of the seventies. They would be easy to hate, but when I was little I loved their cover of Please Mr. Postman, and today I love the quiet despair woven into the voice of the beautiful Karen. Yesterday Once More…