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Catching Up with Former American Idols: Season Five

Season Five’s American Idol saw a record number of Billboard chart appearances, with 18 contestants from the show eventually receiving some sort of record contract. What are those contestants up to, now?

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Labelle: Nightbirds / Phoenix / Chameleon

Before George Clinton and his P-Funk tribe disembarked from the Mothership, Labelle was already flying a few stratospheres above the popular music landscape.

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Patti LaBelle: The Essential Patti La Belle / Live In Washington D.C.

A career retrospective anthology and 1982 live concert convince us that "diva" can most definitely be one of the good four-letter words.

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Idlewild (2006)

Percy's a mortician, aware of the ways that bodies can be disfigured and rearranged, how life and death are performances for audiences.

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Patti LaBelle: Classic Moments

Don't let the title full you -- this disc doesn't compile great tracks from LaBelle's past repertoire but features all new recordings of old tunes made popular by others.

Steve Horowitz

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The 25 Best Classic Progressive Rock Albums

MetalMatters: October 2019 - What's That Noise?

The 100 Greatest Alternative Singles of the '80s: Part 1: 100 - 81

Jackie Chan's 10 Best Films

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Nona Hendryx: Mutatis Mutandis

Nona Hendryx returns, mad as hell.

Catching Up with Former American Idols: Season Five

Season Five’s American Idol saw a record number of Billboard chart appearances, with 18 contestants from the show eventually receiving some sort of record contract. What are those contestants up to, now?

Labelle: Nightbirds / Phoenix / Chameleon

Before George Clinton and his P-Funk tribe disembarked from the Mothership, Labelle was already flying a few stratospheres above the popular music landscape.

Patti LaBelle: The Essential Patti La Belle / Live In Washington D.C.

A career retrospective anthology and 1982 live concert convince us that "diva" can most definitely be one of the good four-letter words.

Patti LaBelle: The Definitive Collection

LaBelle's work is fabulous. This collection is not.

Idlewild (2006)

Percy's a mortician, aware of the ways that bodies can be disfigured and rearranged, how life and death are performances for audiences.

Patti LaBelle: Classic Moments

Don't let the title full you -- this disc doesn't compile great tracks from LaBelle's past repertoire but features all new recordings of old tunes made popular by others.

Patti Labelle: Greatest Love Songs

David Lynch's 'Lost Highway' Loosens Our Grip on What and Whom We Think We Know

Mike Zito Taps Walter Trout For Cover of Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" (premiere)

MetalMatters: October 2019 - What's That Noise?

'Blue', 'Tapestry', and Oil: Or, Oil Capitalism in Two Key Singer-Songwriter Albums

Guided By Voices Deliver Their Most Sonorous and Authoritative Album of 2019

Mark Erelli's Infectious New Single, "Her Town Now" Echoes Tom Petty and John Prine (premiere + interview)

Art Pop's Elk City Explores Truth and Beauty With "Pity of a Rose" (premiere + interview)

Sarah Peacock's "Lady MacGyver" Celebrates Female Ingenuity (premiere)

Mike Zito Taps Walter Trout For Cover of Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Goode" (premiere)

Brother Hawk Bring Southern Rock Into the Next Century With "Like Water" (premiere)

Kae Astra Celebrates Letting Go With "Grow" (premiere)

Punk Rock's V98 Channel Their Fury Stunningly on "Conversation Killer" (premiere)

Americana's Midnight North Take the "Long View" with New Single (premiere)