Kiki: Got The Music
Caroline Coon, Melody Maker, 15 February 1975
Kiki Dee, sitting in the ritzy bar of the Hotel Metropol in Monte Carlo, is looking thoughtfully at the clinking ice cubes which she is stirring around in a stiff vodka and orange.
Kiki is singing better than she ever has, or ever expected to, with feelings she feared would never see the light of day.
Total word count of piece: 980
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