Music
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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...
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Neil Young turns 68: His Best of the last 25 Years
Everybody is aware that Neil Young is one of the greatest artists in rock history. Most listeners and casual fans are mostly familiar with his...
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Classic album revisited: Tina Turner’s “Private Dancer”
By the dawn of the 80s, as the MTV generation was about to awaken, Tina Turner was seen as a relic from an earlier generation....
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Lady Gaga’s “Artpop”: epic disappointment
There is no question that Lady Gaga has delivered some classic pop singles since she burst onto the scene five years ago with her first...
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REVIEW: Disclosure Proves Revealing at 9:30 Club
This past Monday night’s show at the 9:30 Club sold out well in advance, and the crowd was far more responsive and enthusiastic than usual,...
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Reckoning Ball
Heather McEntire has a sweet, pristine voice that recalls country antecedents, from Alison Krauss to Dolly Parton. Yet McEntire was essentially an adult before anyone...
