This gorgeous 80-minute concert DVD is the product of a nine-camera high-definition shoot at the intimate St. Ann’s in Brooklyn, N.Y. Mixed in 5.1 surround sound and stereo audio and packaged with a bonus CD version, it captures Mann and her exquisitely delicate music up close and deeply personal. The set list focuses on her solo career and includes two songs from her Academy Award-nominated “Magnolia” soundtrack. Also spotlighted are two new cuts from her next album, including possible title track “King of the Jailhouse,” which she says is about bitterness, unhappiness and dysfunction, then jokes, “Oh, wait a minute! That’s all my songs!” Fans know this, of course, but also revealed between songs is an admittedly unforeseen career turn: Mann has taken up boxing. Fans: discuss.—JB
