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Dead Stars Tell No Tales: Whitney Houston's Death Casts New Light Onto Memoirs by Two '70s Pop Stars
Just as the winners of the war tend to write the history books, only survivors write memoirs. Nile Rodgers' Le Freak and Gil Scott-Heron's The Last Holiday.
28 Feb 2012
Music
Aretha Franklin: Knew You Were Waiting: The Best of Aretha Franklin 1980 - 1998
Despite too many duets and a lack of variation, Aretha's voice still shines on her '80s hits.
23 Feb 2012
Music
Passing on the Crown: From Whitney to Adele
Adele, more than most stars I can think of—and certainly more than Whitney—seems to have had the chance to simply be herself.
22 Feb 2012
Music
Whitney Houston and the Wages of Fame
Pop diva Whitney Houston's death this past weekend was sad, yet not wholly unexpected -- nor were the efforts to instantly beatify the singer, a response common in regards to celebrities who die prematurely and as a result of their own appetite for destruction.
16 Feb 2012
Music
Rating the Performances at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards
Starting with the most memorable and ending with the most dull (or clichéd), here’s what happened on “music’s biggest night”.
13 Feb 2012
Music
Bored This Way: The 54th Annual Grammy Awards
In the wake of a tragic loss within the music industry, the Grammy Awards actually went on a surprisingly respectful, understated route... before turning into the vapid technicolor circus that has become hallmark for the very worst of Grammy broadcasts.
12 Feb 2012
Music
The Year in Music: January 2010
Let’s single out the biggest events that happened in the world of music one month at a time, starting with January 2010.
30 Nov 2010
Music
ArmsBendBack: ArmsBendBack
I hate to be this scathing, but when each song sounds like a variation on three chords with a wah-wah solo tacked on for good measure, your time is better spent elsewhere.
28 Apr 2010
Music
Joyo Velarde: Love and Understanding
Filipino diva and frequent contributor to Lyrics Born records takes a nostalgic, R&B stab at her own LP.
13 Apr 2010
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Being Bobby Brown
Brown protests, 'I just wanna be normal, okay?' And that's why he's doing a reality show, to be normal.
Cynthia Fuchs
29 Jun 2005
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