Overall, I felt that History of Love was a bit tighter and more stylishly rendered than Great House, but Krauss is clearly a great contemporary talent.

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"The tau melody is a bit more melancholy, and the timing gives it that waltzy feel which I love, " he says.

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He spent too many hours at the office loving that which could not truly love him back, even as his children needed him just a bit more at home.

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