Articles tagged "neil diamond"

Column: Mixtape Confessions

Waltzing with Wilco

by Ben Rubenstein

[7.Apr.09] :. As any experienced concert-goer knows, a lively audience can mean the difference between a lackluster event and a memorable night. Sometimes, it’s more important than the band's actual performance.

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Song sung blue? Not if it’s being sung by a reinvigorated Neil Diamond

by Mike Osegueda [McClatchy Newspapers (MCT)]

[30.Dec.08] :. You wouldn’t think of Neil Diamond as someone who needs to re-invent himself. But when an artist signs up to work with mega-producer Rick Rubin, he’s not signing up for business as...

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Music Review

Neil Diamond: Home Before Dark

by James Bassett

[5.Aug.08] :. Home Before Dark is an album of rare beauty, grace and eloquence that captures Diamond in all his plain-spoken and big-hearted glory.

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Don’t try to send Neil Diamond to Vegas — at 67, he’s still packing arenas

by Jon Bream [Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (MCT)]

[18.Jul.08] :. Neil Diamond talks in a brooding Brooklyn baritone. It’s hard to tell when he’s done making his point, because his tone never wavers, his voice never drops at the end of a sentence, his...

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Events Review

Neil Diamond

by Dan MacIntosh

[31.Oct.05] :. Diamond may not be as restless as he used to be but the momentum he generated in the early part of his career has kept him in constant -- albeit continually slower -- motion.

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Music Review

Neil Diamond: Play Me: The Complete Uni Studio Recordings . . . Plus!

by Robert Jamieson

[23.Jul.02] :. For some 35 years, Neil Diamond has been the people’s singer. From his early days as a Brill Building songwriter-for-hire, to his still-yearly presence in arenas all over the world, Diamond has...

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The Last Waltz (2002)

by Lesley Smith

[18.Apr.02] :. The Last Waltz still spirits a tingle up the spine.

 

Neil Diamond: Three Chord Opera

by Andrew Gilstrap

[23.Jul.01] :. Say what you will about Neil Diamond—he knows how to work the media. The release of Three Chord Opera was aided by a marketing blitz that included a prominent (and really interesting)...

 

Saving Silverman (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

I’d say it’s official: Amanda Peet is the reigning go-to-girl for neo-romantic comedies involving nasty jokes about death, sex, and what might be best described as “control...

 

Neil Diamond: Hot August Night

by Scott Hudson

You’d be hard pressed to find anyone who sits on the fence as far as Neil Diamond is concerned—you either like him or don’t. No matter what side one occupies, there’s no...