The new album "Possibilities" by jazz legend Herbie Hancock was released this week. It features collaborations with a number of different artists including Sting, Joss Stone, Paul Simon, Santana, John Mayer and Damien Rice.

But the high point is Annie Lennox's stunning performance of "Hush Hush Hush", a song about a young man with AIDS. It was written and originally performed by Paula Cole with Peter Gabriel. Annie's take on it is absolutely fantastic, and even after only a few listens I would rank it among the most powerful of her vocal performances.

I would highly recommend tracking down this album. It's mostly covers, and they are skillfully done, and sound very fresh and groovy. I just bought it at Borders this AM (mostly for the Annie Lennox track), but the entire record is TOP NOTCH.

Thanks for the heads up!

I have Paula's "This Fire" CD which has that song, I have to go back and listen to it. I don't remember it.

I'm not a Paula Cole fan, but Annie can turn anything into a masterpiece!

Annie needs to do a greatest hits record and include all the gems that aren't on her LPs, then a new solo record, a Eurythmics boxset, and a tour with Dave that includes half Eurythmics and half of her own material.

WE NEED MORE ANNIE!!! She should be having a coming out party for her 50th year.

I missed her on tour with Sting...I didn't want to go and just sit through 8 or 9 Annie songs and have her 'opening' for someone else, it felt wrong. Plus I looked up her setlist online...most of the dates she only sang one or two songs from "Bare." Wonder why? "Wonderful" is the jam.

are there really only 3 annie fans on here???

how sad to see josh stones name next to those legends...


and i love paula cole..cant wait to hear annie's take on her track.

sosgemini said:

she actually isn't bad on it. i'm not a joss stone fan, but she does a nice job w/ johnny lang on the U2 song "when love comes to town."


I'm not a huge paula cole fan, but i LOVE the original version of Hush Hush Hush - very beautiful and sad song.

yay! thanks for the tip!