heartachy

She sets it all up with lush orchestration and "heartachy," authentic, throwback tunes on Achin ', where the listener can "wallow in your sorrow," then provides a jolt with the Shakin' numbers that tell "the story of losing love, getting over it and getting on to somebody else," beginning with "Giddy On Up."

Michael Bialas: Cowgirl Power: 10 Reasons to Root, Root, Root for Laura Bell Bundy 2010

She sets it all up with lush orchestration and "heartachy," authentic, throwback tunes on Achin ', where the listener can "wallow in your sorrow," then provides a jolt with the Shakin' numbers that tell "the story of losing love, getting over it and getting on to somebody else," beginning with "Giddy On Up."

Cowgirl Power: 10 Reasons to Root, Root, Root for Laura Bell Bundy 2010

Elsewhere Michael updates crooners like Johnny Mathis and Nat (King) Cole: his voice glides with easy sophistication through heartachy ballads, flitting to falsetto when the sentiment moves him.

Serious George Is Back 2008

A great, monotonous, heartachy prairie lay before us -- utterly featureless in the twilight.

The River and I John G. Neihardt 1927

We rounded the bend, only to see the dusky, heartachy, barren stretch.

The River and I John G. Neihardt 1927

Usually I hate funny songs (excepting Flood by They Might Be Giants and some random Dead Milkmen stuff), but "Don't Be Mean" hits a perfect balance between funny and heartachy and therefore I will love it forever.

NOGOODFORME.COM 2008