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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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Mariza
MARIZA The Mozambique-born singer from Lisbon, Portugal is one of the most popular contemporary voices of fado. PORTUGUESE FADO SINGER MARIZA at 8 p.m. Oct. 19 at Jones Hall for the Performing Arts, 515 Louisiana St., in Houston. Tickets $15-$45. Part of the Society for the Performing Arts Season. Tickets can be purchased online at www.spahouston.org or call ... I'm gonna make sure I'm right in front of their face," said Mariza Cortes, who hopes her friendly smile and fighting style will land her a slot on the show, which airs on the Oxygen cable network. "We already have our American Idol -- I would like to ... Two months later, University Place reorganized its staff, making the city clerk report to assistant city manager Mariza Craig. It permanently removed two employees from Ortiz’s supervision. The change also meant Ortiz would be exempt from overtime ... That was Mariza, a Portuguese fado singer. Fado is a Portuguese style of music characterized by sad songs which often have to do with the sea and the life of poor people. Mariza, who is 33, was born in Mozambique when it was a Portuguese colony but ... *Mariza Reis Nunes (a.k.a. Mariza) looked something like a Portuguese Marquesa as she stepped out onto the Carnegie Hall stage. Reed thin, Mariza looked elegant in her long black Spanish-styled cone-shaped dress with laced bodice and narrow bands of ... ... robot singing Robert Plant and Alison Krauss team up Marc Cohn joins 'Parade' Chaka Khan says 'Funk This' 'Ga Ga' for Spoon Mariza ... American Idol" fans like their stars to sing big and busy. That encourages some of them to throw their voices around with ... Mariza, Mozambique-born fado singer, at 8 p.m. at Zellerbach Hall, UC Campus. Tickets are $24-$46. 642-9988. Swamp Coolers at 8:30 p.m. at Ashkenaz. Cajun dance lesson at 8 p.m. Cost is $10. 525-5054. Singers’ Open Mic with Kelly Park at 8 p.m. at ... Mariza the crowd-pleaser Neil Young's latest CD is no sequel Fans find movie 'Once' is not enough Good cause just the icing on this 'Cake Sale' Dark side is blocking out Kelly Clarkson's pop John Fogerty on the rise Songwriter Dan Wilson steps up to ... Muggs' shot: Local group gets a big break with 'Next Band' Melody Baetens / The Detroit News Those familiar with the Detroit ... A quick look at you weekend - 10/18/2007 Get to know Portuguese folk music and Mariza - 10/17/2007 Weekend preview: Morrissey ...
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