All posts by Doug Rule
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Rebel Yell
Fiddle no more: MacIssac Ashley MacIsaac is known as a rebellious musical traditionalist, as oxymoronic as that sounds. A native of Nova Scotia, MacIsaac is...
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Deep Dish DANCE AWARDS GO DEEP... Previous Grammy winner Deep Dish failed to grab a Grammy this year, but the International Dance Music Awards is...
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James Town
Etta James knows how to cover other people's songs. She's had a lot of practice, after all. For years she's been a regular presence on...
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''PRECIOUS'' PAIN, ''SUFFER WELL''... Depeche Mode is preparing to release the third single from last year's Playing the Angel. Yes, the third single. Maybe you,...
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DANCE MUSIC'S LEADING ''LIGHT''... She's been a leading lady in dance music almost without let-up since busting onto the scene 12 years ago. But 2006...
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Whip It Good
Alison Goldfrapp has a true-to-life surname that reminds you of a sweet, icy concoction you drink for a jolt of energy. And so does the...
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Meditative Orbit
Almost a decade has passed since Ray of Light shined over the music industry. Since then, Madonna and William Orbit, her Ray of Light producer,...
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Leather Ladies
When you think of the D.C. Eagle, women -- especially lesbians -- don't necessarily spring to mind. ''It's a pretty male-dominated space,'' admits Schelli Dittmann,...
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Birthday Suit
Chi Chi La Rue may have shot a porn film called Striptease on location at D.C.'s Wet nightclub, but like so many films, the fantasy...
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DANCING WITH THE OLYMPICS... This weekend is Super Bowl Sunday, but with the Rolling Stones strutting around instead of Janet Jackson showing off, a dance-pop...
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Alt-Rock Idol
Canadian Jason Collett is being touted as one of the best singer-songwriters currently recording. And one listen to his sophomore U.S. album, Idols of Exile,...
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ERASURE GOES COUNTRY... Erasure lead singer Andy Bell released his debut solo album Electric Blue last summer, and the first single is just now near...
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Minimal Effort
Last year's Six Feet Under swan song was poignant and unforgettable not just for what you saw but for what you heard: ''Breathe Me,'' Sia...
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Big Blowoff
Forget small. Forget intimacy. Forget cramped. Blowoff is about to get bigger. A lot bigger. The popular monthly party, created three years ago by indie...
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Swagger and Sass
''Morningwood to the Nth Degree!'' goes the anthemic cry to the third track on the self-titled debut album from Morningwood. Yes, there is actually now...
