If the brass behind the Grammys really wanted their Bee Gees tribute to be an uproarious sensation rather than a limp nonstory, they should have ditched Little Big Town for Detroit DJ and producer Kelli Hand, aka K-Hand. The B side of her newest 12-inch, Project 6 EP (released on her long-running Acacia Records), kicks off with an edit of Melba Moore’s version of the Bee Gees’“You Stepped Into My Life.” Hand strips Moore’s version of some of its gaudiness, instead infusing it with enlivened percussion and an alert melodic pulse that together work to yank people toward the dance floor much like the Bee Gees did in their heyday.…
If the brass behind the Grammys really wanted their Bee Gees tribute to be an uproarious sensation rather than a limp nonstory, they should have ditched Little Big Town for Detroit DJ and producer Kelli Hand, aka K-Hand. The B side of her newest 12-inch, Project 6 EP (released on her long-running Acacia Records), kicks off with an edit of Melba Moore’s version of the Bee Gees’“You Stepped Into My Life.” Hand strips Moore’s version of some of its gaudiness, instead infusing it with enlivened percussion and an alert melodic pulse that together work to yank people toward the dance floor much like the Bee Gees did in their heyday.…