Music
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Pleasantries
Does America really need another version of ''(Somewhere) Over The Rainbow?'' And another ukulele-driven version at that? After all, it was just a few years...
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Sheik Appeal
''Musical theater -- it just wasn't my cup of tea,'' says Duncan Sheik. The Tony Award-winning composer of Spring Awakening performed in Oliver! and Annie...
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Lady Blah Blah
Which way was Lady Gaga born, exactly? Another album, chock-a-block full of songs that remind you of hits that came before, and another reason to...
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Overblown Buffa
It's a shame the Washington National Opera didn't end its season with the brooding intensity of the memorable Iphigénie en Tauride instead of the determined...
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Clark Bars
Jeremiah Clark was weaned on sad contemporary Christian songs. But now that's he secular? '' doesn't have to be Jesus on a cross...
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Stand Back
Stevie Nicks is back with her first album in 10 years – 30 years after her solo debut. She almost sounds like she never left....
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Vocally Proud
Why settle for a Ford Focus when you could drive a Saab 9-3 Convertible instead? It may not be quite as high profile as American...
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Jazz Relativity
''If you go to an average 18-year-old and ask him, 'What's on your iPod?''' says Vijay Iyer, ''he'll be like, 'Well, Lil Wayne and Lady...
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Music First
Ask Leisha Hailey about The L Word, and at first she stumbles. ''Oh gosh, it's been so long since I've been on that show,'' says...
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Preacher of Love
It must be nice to be Tom Goss's husband. After all, the good-looking Goss, with his sweet tenor voice, is hopelessly devoted to the man....
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Mighty Kylie
Kylie Minogue is coming back for more. The international superstar only properly toured North America for the first time two years ago, more than two...
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Pop Seduction
Britney Spears just wants to fuck. Is that so wrong? All throughout Femme Fatale, her new seventh studio set, Spears talks about getting it on...
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Queer Ear
Susan Werner trained to be an opera singer, but admits she ''was a little too much of an introvert.'' She wasn't loud enough. Instead, Werner...
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Short Rounds
Composer Ricky Ian Gordon's brief relationship with the late Jeffrey Grossi in the mid-'90s provided, if not a lifetime, then at least a few years'...
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Scoring Sondheim
Anthony De Mare prefers to know the score before seeing a show. '' I used to just go to the record store and...
