6/20/2011
Hamlisch has always had a knack for finding the sounds deep inside a movie and crafting just the right kind of musical window to open up and set them free. Besides '70s smashes, like The Stin …
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6/20/2011
As a solo artist, with her band Nine Stories, and in a string of collaborations with the likes of Elizabeth Mitchell (a member of the indie folk/pop band Ida), Dweezil Zappa, and nberproducers G …
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6/20/2011
Hypnotic and haunting, "The Way It Really Is" is just that: a devastating snapshot of relationships as they all too often are - dramatic, complicated, disappointing. And from the euphoric "Snow Day," a …
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6/20/2011
Searing, scorched-earth confessionals? We love 'em. And so did millions upon millions of listeners when Canadian teen-queen Alanis Morissette immolated her pop-tart image with the raw and righteous alt …
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6/20/2011
If the carefree sounds of Jack Johnson's gentle pop point to a man at peace with the world and his platinum-selling place in it, well, that's not hard to believe - a native Hawaiian, champion surfer, r …
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6/20/2011
Jack Johnson may be a man who knows what he likes when it comes to his easygoing, Hawaiian-island-flavored, soft rock sound, but the surfer, filmmaker, musician and ardent environmentalist sure enough …
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6/20/2011
Elvis was "The King" of rock 'n' roll, but Stan Getz was "The Sound" of jazz - one of the undisputed greats of the tenor saxophone. Getz's early career was influenced by Lester Young, but he soon devel …
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6/14/2011
"God has a bigger plan for P.O.D.," Sonny Sandoval - the band's dreadlocked frontman - once said as he turned down a $100,000 record contract. Boy, was he right. At the time, P.O.D. had already tore up …
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6/14/2011
To say P.O.D. was destined for big things from the start is a bit of an understatement. After all, the band managed to move more than 40,000 copies of their first three discs with nothing but the road …
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