VOA标准英语2015--Evelyn Rubio大放性感推“性感”专辑

Evelyn Rubio Releases Sexy and 'Saxy' New CD Evelyn Rubio大放性感推“性感”专辑

HOUSTON, TEXAS—

Mexican-born and Houston-based blues¹ singer Evelyn Rubio has released a new CD that shows off her talents as a singer, songwriter and dynamic saxophone player. She also has a music video that shows both her sexy and “saxy” sides, and she is releasing a version of the CD in Spanish for her Latin American fans.

Evelyn Rubio has drawn² attention in the United States playing saxophone with various jazz and blues bands. But she started her career in Mexico as a singer.

“I started my career singing; I have been singing all my life and saxophone came later just for fun,” she said.

On her new CD, she shows off both her saxophone playing and her vocal³ talents.

Although record labels have shown interest in her, Rubio preferred to produce this CD independently in order to maintain artistic⁴ control.

She says going the independent route is demanding and expensive; she has to pay for her own photo sessions and publicity⁵ campaigns.

 “Before you used to think that somebody is going to discover you. I don’t think it works like that anymore,” she said. “Well, maybe for some people. But right now, you need to do, as an independent artist, a lot of work.”

Part of her promotion⁶ effort includes a music video shot by a professional crew in New York that is now drawing viewers online and introducing many of them to her music.

One of her crowd-pleasing new songs is called “Hombres,” Spanish for “men,” and she says she wrote it to counter the many blues songs that portray⁷ the male sex in a bad light.

“Most of the blues songs that talk about guys, they talk about the bad stuff, the cheating, the running around, the brawls⁸, blah, blah, blah," she said. "And I really think there are so many good guys out there that they deserve to have a nice song talking about them.”

Evelyn Rubio recorded her songs in Spanish as well as English, producing a separate Spanish-language CD for Hispanics here in the United States as well as Mexico, where she says blues has a small, but growing audience.

“Mexicans like and enjoy jazz and blues…blues is about your soul, about your heart and everybody can relate with that,” she said.

And she hopes her effort to spread the blues message will help her broaden her fan base both in the United States and in Latin America.

1 blues   

n.抑郁，沮丧；布鲁斯音乐

参考例句：

• She was in the back of a smoky bar singing the blues.她在烟雾弥漫的酒吧深处唱着布鲁斯歌曲。
• He was in the blues on account of his failure in business.他因事业失败而意志消沉。

2 drawn   

v.拖，拉，拔出；adj.憔悴的，紧张的

参考例句：

• All the characters in the story are drawn from life.故事中的所有人物都取材于生活。
• Her gaze was drawn irresistibly to the scene outside.她的目光禁不住被外面的风景所吸引。

3 vocal   

adj.直言不讳的；嗓音的；n.[pl.]声乐节目

参考例句：

• The tongue is a vocal organ.舌头是一个发音器官。
• Public opinion at last became vocal.终于舆论哗然。

4 artistic   

adj.艺术(家)的，美术(家)的；善于艺术创作的

参考例句：

• The picture on this screen is a good artistic work.这屏风上的画是件很好的艺术品。
• These artistic handicrafts are very popular with foreign friends.外国朋友很喜欢这些美术工艺品。

5 publicity   

n.众所周知，闻名；宣传，广告

参考例句：

• The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
• He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事，只当它是一种宣传手法。

6 promotion   

n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传

参考例句：

• The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
• The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。

7 portray   

v.描写，描述；画(人物、景象等)

参考例句：

• It is difficult to portray feelings in words.感情很难用言语来描写。
• Can you portray the best and worst aspects of this job?您能描述一下这份工作最好与最坏的方面吗？

8 brawls   

吵架，打架( brawl的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Whatever brawls disturb the street, there should be peace at home. 街上无论多么喧闹，家中应有宁静。
• I got into brawls in the country saloons near my farm. 我在离我农场不远的乡下沙龙里和别人大吵大闹。