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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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Paquito D'Rivera
The Grammy-winning, Cub an-born clarinetist, Paquito D’Riv era, has enthusiastically welcomed Cohen into the small ... not only by the way she played Brazilian music so authentically, but the way she played the clarinet,” said D’Rivera, whom ... We were looking for a great artist who is still vibrant," says Joffe, who founded the NJCU Great Performers Series, which over the years has booked other jazz greats such as Joe Lovano, Randy Brecker and Paquito D'Rivera. Joffe says he also ... In other jazz categories, North Bergen reedman Paquito D'Rivera is up for Latin Jazz Album for "Funk Tango," going against such stalwarts as Sammy Figueroa's "The Magician" and Bobby Sanabria's "Big Band Urban Folktales." West Orange piano ace Bill ... Otero's style has attracted widespread attention among classical and jazz musicians, landing him work with bassist Eddie Gomez, flutist Dave Valentin and clarinetist Paquito D' Rivera. He also has sat in with Chico O'Farrill's Jazz Orchestra. His ... I played with Paquito D'Rivera for years, he can really get people going. When I was on stage with him that was the standard - when I had to play the solo I had to throw down. All those experiences add up. Some musicians in the jazz world get far ... MusicReport with saxist Lynn Riley and keyboardist Aaron Graves; and the Caribbean Project, featuring Dave Samuels with special guests Paquito D’Rivera on reeds, saxman Euge Groove and keyboardist Alex Bugnon. Blues acts will also include a New ... ... the Latin Grammy nominees to score a win at the eighth annual ceremony held in Las Vegas for the first time on Nov. 8. New Yorkers who left empty handed include drummer Dafnis Prieto, bachata idols Aventura and veterans Michel Camilo, Paquito D'Rivera ... Tenor Mariano Vidal of Weehawken will perform, along with Paquito D'Rivera and soprano Brenda Feliciano, at the Cuban Cultural Center's Tribute to D'Rivera on Saturday, Dec. 8, at the Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall, beginning at 8:30 p.m. All ... Saxophonist and clarinetist Paquito D'Rivera first made his mark as a central figure in Cuba's jazz and classical scenes and struggles for artistic freedom. He co-founded the innovative group Irakere before defecting and embarking on an international ... PAQUITO D 'RIVERA QUINTET, 8 p.m. Nov. 17, Union Theater, 262-2202. WILLIAMS AND REE, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17, MATC 's Mitby Theater, 243-4000. MILWAUKEE MANDOLIN ORCHESTRA W/ MIKE MARSHALL, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 17, Stoughton Opera House, 877-4400. "SALTIMBANCO ...
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