Hughie Mac Sings Some Great Songs Part 4 is the pride of Philadelphia. The hooks, the swank, the debonair vocal deliveries – Mac has it all. Proving once again that small doses in music is never enough, Mac’s power-packed collection of the Great American Songbook electrifies. Hit after hit – the nearly two dozen songs in this outing makes for a riveting listening experience. Focused primarily on hits from Frank Sinatra and Jimmy Buffett, listeners will be ready to take on Manhattan, the laid back sands of Florida and sit back and relax in their Philly music booth. Mac is back, ladies and gents.
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Kicking off the album is a cover of Nat King Cole’s “Almost Like Being In Love”. Mac sings with gusto and admiration, hitting the words there’s a smile on my face, for the whole human race, why it’s almost like being in love, as if he were singing to an audience for the first time. Mac still possesses that invisible energy, that spark that only happens with music. He has this uncanny mojo that makes you mostly interested in following him and his voice just about anywhere. From there his renditions of “Twelth of November”, “All of Me” and “Changes in Latitudes” offer up cheers-worthy moments. Raise your glass to the nostalgic vibes filling the room. With Mac behind the microphone, this robust volume of hits feels like a walk in the park.
“Two Pina Coladas”, “My Way” and “Come Fly With Me” are the next trio of songs. The mix-and-match in the album is interesting – that back-and-forth between Sinatra or Buffett (and more) is like a personal mix tape live via the hallowed-halls of a chic jazz club, or intimate listening room. “Fly Me to the Moon”, “Let Me Be There” and “I Gotta Be Me” are the middle songs in this hit buffet.
Of course, signature songs like “New York New York” and “It Had to Be You” are included. When Mac sings, I wandered around, and I finally found, the somebody who, could make me be true, as a listener, you feel like he’s smiling. He brings joy and light to the recording. Mac’s crooning style never lets up, with that slightly raspy tickle in the back of his voice giving him the lower baritone tenor. I’m leaving out a few songs, but rest assured, the songs in Mac’s latest collection never disappoint. Besides, it’s pretty hard to go wrong with Sinatra in any sense of the word.
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Mac may not have written the songs but he’s interpreting these iconic tunes in the best way possible. What a marvelous night for a dance, or two, listening to Mac serenade with his arsenal of delightful songs. They just don’t write ‘em like they used to, and frankly (pun intended) you won’t hear a balladeer quite like Hughie Mac anymore. Hughie Mac Sings Some Great Songs Part 4 is just a wonderful listen down memory lane, and a bigger chance to create some new special moments in celebrating these songs.
Rachel Townsend