Music
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A Wintry Mix
As the temperatures plummet, snow falls around the Washington D.C. area and we ease into the heart of winter, it’s time to think about some...
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Flashback: Ten 80s Classics that missed the Top 40
As we’ve seen over the years, chart position isn’t everything. There are songs that scale the upper reaches of the pop charts that don’t make...
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Giorgio Moroder: 10 of his classic productions
It’s impossible to overstate the importance of Giorgio Moroder to pop and dance music in the late ’70s and throughout the ’80s and beyond. His...
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Annie Lennox turns 59 – – we explore 10 of her best hidden gems
Annie Lennox, with her partner Dave Stewart in Eurythmics and The Tourists, and as a solo artist, has enjoyed tremendous success over the past 30+...
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Pop Off Final – Betty Who vs. Ellie Goulding
Betty Who – Somebody Loves You vs. Ellie Goulding – Burn With most major pop acts putting out less than ideal albums this year it...
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The Best and Worst Singles of 2013
2013 was a great year for music, if you knew where to look for it. Sure, the pop charts were generally loaded with a lot...
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Beyoncé stuns fans with superb new album released today
Beyoncé surprised fans early this morning by releasing an entirely new studio album available exclusively via iTunes with no advance warning or promotion. Titled Beyoncé...
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What's Old Is New
Looking for a different spin on holiday music? ''It won't be your usual list of holiday songs and carols,'' Jennifer Bowman avers about the Folger...
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Classic album revisited: Culture Club’s “Colour By Numbers”
It couldn’t have been lost on Boy George, now 52, that as his latest solo album “This Is What I Do” hit stores this past...
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Remembering John Lennon 33 years after his death
John Lennon was shot down on a New York City sidewalk 33 years ago today, December 8, 1980, and the world lost one of the...
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The 30 Best Albums of 2013
As the year rapidly winds to a close, it’s time to look back at the best music that 2013 had to offer. This was not...
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Hearing a Who
No doubt you first heard Betty Who a few months ago, courtesy of Spencer Stout's elaborately choreographed marriage proposal to his boyfriend, Dustin. You know,...
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Stars of Spunky Synth-Pop
''People think our music is really fun,'' says JD Samson of the indie electronic/punk group JD Samson and Men. ''But then when you listen to...
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World AIDS Day 2013 via music
The power of music is its universal ability to express feelings and emotions in a way that touches us all on any possible subject imaginable....
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Flashback: Ten 80s Classics you might not have known were covers
Just like in any decade, there were no shortage of hit cover versions in the ’80s. Most of them were obvious – like Billy Idol’s...
