8/9/2011
On occasion, Bocelli likes to stretch his boundaries, putting the dreamlike romanticism on the shelf for an uptempo romp with synthesizers and a rhythm section ("Il Diavolo e l'Angelo") or the Spanish- …
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8/9/2011
"There is no one finer," Luciano Pavarotti once said of Andrea Bocelli. Like all the greats who came before, from Caruso to Domingo to Pavarotti himself, Bocelli fully inhabits his songs; whether it's …
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8/9/2011
One of the most haunting arias in all of opera, "Addio, fiorito asil" from Puccini's Madame Butterfly finds Bocelli, as the haunted Navy lieutenant Pinkerton, bidding farewell to his beloved But …
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8/9/2011
Sparking your career with three consecutive platinum-plus albums is one thing, but 3 Doors Down did so beginning in the tiny, laid-back confines of their Deep South hometown, Escatawpa, Mississippi. In …
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8/9/2011
Thanks to the raw power of songs like "Live For Today," "Not Enough," and "That Smell," steamy synths and wistful, mildly psychedelic riffs aren't the first thing you'd probably expect to hear on a 3 D …
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8/9/2011
From the '80s onward, no one has done as much for inspirational music as Steven Curtis Chapman, who managed to connect with audiences beyond the traditional Christian music crowd in a major way. Nearly …
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8/9/2011
Here's where we dig beneath the surface of the Steven Curtis Chapman catalogue. It may surprise you to discover that beyond the roaring rockers and pretty pop ballads, this Kentucky boy's got a line on …
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8/9/2011
When O.A.R. managed to sell out Madison Square Garden in 2006, people outside their faithful circle of fans were forced to ask one simple question: Who are these guys and how did they convince n …
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8/9/2011
Most artists won't release six studio albums and three live sets over the course of their entire career, let alone a little more than ten years. But that's O.A.R. for you, a band that built its dedicat …
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