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01/23/2008 09:57 AM
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Alicia Keys
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Alicia Keys was born in 1981, and despite her young age she has already risen to the top of the music industry. By the end of 2007, Keys had sold more than 35 million records. When compared to other musical performers, it is easy to see that Keys has achieved a very high level of [...]
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01/20/2008 09:52 PM
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Taylor Swift Still Isn’t Relinquishing the Charts
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The talented Miss Swift isn’t budging from her solid perches at the top of Billboard’s country albums and songs charts, where she sits with Taylor Swift and
“Our Song,” respectively.To make life even sweeter, Swift also has this week’s highest vaulting new single, “Picture to Burn,” which bows at No. 52. The only other first-time songs [...]
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01/16/2008 08:53 PM
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Dean Owens - Whisky Hearts
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In many ways, Dean Owens’s third solo album is very old fashioned. That isn’t meant as a criticism - musically it references huge slabs of Springsteen (especially the opener, Years Ago, one of those slyly political songs with its ripe rip of sax, and the gloriously uplifting Hallelujah) and in its more relaxed moments the [...]
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01/15/2008 08:45 PM
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Tom Baxter - Skybound
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It’s been three years since we heard anything from Tom Baxter. His 2004 release Feather and Stone, especially its opening track My Declaration, was a Radio Two favourite, but since then, not a sausage. Now comes Skybound, an autobiographical album, which shows off his angelic, dreamy voice with an eclectic mix of sounds and styles.A [...]
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01/14/2008 04:54 PM
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The Magnetic Fields - Distortion (Nonesuch)
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It’s four years since the last The Magnetic Fields album, i, but Stephin Merritt has hardly been idle. Yet where 69 Love Songs showed a remarkable profligacy of songwriting, and Showtunes elicited his love of Chinese music, Distortion is a conscious step back - not just looking over its shoulder, but swiveling round for a [...]
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01/13/2008 03:16 PM
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Chrisette Michele
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Surrounded by music since she was a small child, twenty-four year old singer, songwriter and composer Chrisette Michele has been blessed with an old soul and this Long Island bred songwriter and vocalist has a deep appreciation for the harmonic
foundations that includes gospel and jazz. “I did my first solo when I was four [...]
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01/12/2008 02:31 PM
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Sara Bareilles
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As a gifted singer and a versatile pianist with no formal training, Sara Bareilles burst onto the pop scene with a naturally skilled voice ranging from powerful and
soulful to sweet and gentle, earning her instant comparisons to Fiona Apple and Norah Jones. At age 18, she left the Redwood forests of her hometown, Eureka, CA, [...]
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01/11/2008 02:27 PM
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Tony Yayo Confident As Trial Date Is Set; Promises Eminem, Dr. Dre Will Be On G-Unit LP
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“I just came from court, I got my Donald Trump button-up on,” Tony Yayo said with a smile on Thursday afternoon (January 10) while sitting in the G-Unit’s Manhattan office.
Yayo, born Marvin Bernard, had been in court earlier in the day to make an appearance before his upcoming trial on charges of endangering the [...]
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01/07/2008 04:26 PM
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Kanye vs Beyonce
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Kanye West has revealed that Beyonce kicks his ass at Connect 4.
As strange as it sounds the friends battled it out at the board game when they were hanging out at Jay-Z’s new club recently.
In his first blog since the death of his mother Kanye thanked fans for the support and talked of playing Connect [...]
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01/07/2008 01:42 PM
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Fogerty’s Creative Revival
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John Fogerty’s newest, Revival, is easily his best record since Centerfield, and has some of his best material since the CCR days. Songs like Gunslinger, Creedence Song, and Long Dark Night hold their own against Creedence’s best stuff.
The album starts off with Don’t You Wish It Was True, with a beat that is similar to [...]
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Jane Monheit
The Early Years West Side Story: 50th Anniversary Recording JANE MONHEIT - surrender Music From THE COAST OF UTOPIA GREY GARDENS About BroadwayWorld.com:BroadwayWorld.com is the largest theatre site on the web ... Over the last 10 years, he also produced albums by Jane Monheit, Janice Siegel, the Jazz Passengers with Deborah Harry and others.. At the time of his death, he was the voice of Sirius Satellite Radio's Pure Jazz channel. He is survived by three sons ... Vocalist Jane Monheit opened the concert with an hourlong set of standards and holiday fare. While she and her quintet didn't generate the same degree of heat that Pizzarelli's band attained, they were quite effective in more serene musical ... CONCERT: Riverside Fine Arts presents Grammy-nominated jazz singer Jane Monheit, 8 p.m., Church of the Good Shepherd, 1100 Stockton St., (904) 389-6222 or go to www.riversidefinearts.org. STAGE PLAY: The Playwrights' Project, original, one-act ... ... of any age who haven't released an album under their own name, the competition is jazz's most prestigious showcase for rising talent, an event that significantly boosted the careers of artists such as pianist Marcus Roberts, singer Jane Monheit and ... JAZZ ARTIST and guitarist John Pizzarelli teams up with vocalist Jane Monheit for a concert tonight at 7:30, at Mechanics Hall in Worcester. Tickets are $39-$35. Call 508-752-0700 or visit wicn.org. AMAZING THINGS ARTS CENTER, 55 Nicholas Road ... With back-to-back albums hitting the top of the jazz record charts, singer Jane Monheit is most definitely one of the young stars of the genre, aptly receiving recognition for her expressive tone, original arrangements and deft command. Yet tooling ... In the recently published work “Growing Up With Jazz” from Oxford University Press, writer Royal Stokes interviews 24 jazz musicians about their early influences, among them Eubie Blake, Jane Monheit and Hildabrand. Hildabrand is the vocal docent ... Mechanics Hall is also jazzing up the city with shows by Pat Metheny on Nov. 11 and a co-bill of John Pizzarelli and Jane Monheit on Nov. 29. The Bull Run is a gem of a music room tucked away in Shirley, and this fall the venue shines brightly ... Jane Monheit — “Surrender” (Concord) This exceedingly lush collection is vocalist Monheit’s seventh album and her first for Concord Records. Label execs must have been over the moon when they heard “Surrender” for the first time. Under ...
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