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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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Album: Xanadu
They include being forced to watch the film version of "Xanadu" dozens of times while writing the stage adaptation ("I really deserve combat pay for that one."); peeking at the snide postings in Broadway chat rooms ("I take their comments with a huge ... It was called Xanadu. It was fabulous. We're talking a lot of swagged curtains. Many gold taps. Considerable statuary. And our first introduction to real Afrikaaners, who had just moved down from the north. They were charming. They had a ... Okay, I know that some people don't like it when people ask understudy questions, but bear with me. Also, I'm not against understudies, but have already seen Curtis Holbrook in Xanadu. So, does anyone know if Cheyenne will be on for this coming ... ... the women's tournament in Chapel Hill, N.C., on the off-days of the men's tournament in Winston-Salem. The Lady Tar Heels, even with Marion Jones, were not that big a deal. They did not play in the gleaming new "Dean Dome," the cavernous Xanadu built ... Xanadu." A fast, funny roller disco musical loosely adapted from the cult 1980s film. Helen Hayes. Telecharge. "Young Frankenstein." Mel Brooks transfers his comedic monster mash of a movie from screen to stage - only with more song and dance. Hilton ... “Xanadu: On Broadway” manages to be a blast from the past and a breath of fresh air at the same time. Yes, the musical is based on the Olivia Newton-John film of the same name, and, yes, the CD is filled with those Electric Light Orchestra songs ... While the 2007-08 season got off to a light start for new musicals, with only “Xanadu” and “Young Frankenstein” bowing in the fall, the lineup will be boosted by an additional five before the Tony Awards cutoff. In addition to “Cry-Baby ... PHOTO OP : Cast of Xanadu Sings and Signs for a Packed House FRESH FACE : Sierra Boggess PHOTO OP ... WHAT: A look at the backstage life of the hot, young stars of Spring Awakening , hosted by leading man Jonathan Groff WHERE: ... Xanadu Phantom of the Opera Mary Poppins Grease Frankenstein *-indicates that I have seen the show more than once Favorite Show(s): A Chorus Line Avenue Q Fiddler on the Roof Grey Gardens Jersey Boys Little Shop of Horrors Spamalot Spelling Bee Sweeney Todd The Boy ... Cast members from "Mary Poppins," "Young Frankenstein" and "Xanadu" will show off numbers from their still-running musicals. So will troupers from "Legally Blonde," which is closed because of the strike. Wearing T-shirts advertising their musical ...
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