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AP - Groups pushing for robust Hispanic participation in the 2010 census announced a new campaign Thursday that aims to reach the hard-to-count demographic through its smart-phone-toting youngsters.
Reuters - Country trio Lady Antebellum returned to the top of the U.S. pop album chart Wednesday, ending Sade's three-week reign.
AP - The world premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage's "Anna Nicole" will be presented by the Royal Opera next Feb. 17, starring Dutch soprano Eva-Maria Westbroek as the late model and Playboy playmate. AP - Entertainers lined up for the Alabama Music Hall of Fame induction ceremony March 25 in Montgomery include Percy Sledge and the Blind Boys of Alabama.
Reuters - Canada, get ready: a few "Old Friends" are heading your way.
Reuters - Guns N' Roses will play three private shows in Brazil and Argentina during the band's current tour of South America, the organizer said on Monday. Reuters - Steve Lillywhite wants to "help America find the next Elvis Presley." And that's why the Grammy Award-winning producer -- whose resume includes work with U2, the Dave Matthews Band, Jason Mraz, Morrissey, the Rolling Stones, Phish and scores of others -- wants to be "American Idol's" next Simon Cowell.
Reuters - As T-Pain wraps up work on a new Nappy Boy All Stars mix tape and his latest album, "RevolveR," fans can anticipate the release of an entirely different kind of project from the Auto-Tuned rapper/producer. AP - Authorities in Arizona say rapper DMX has been arrested for allegedly violating his probation by using drugs. Reuters - In the weeks after the earthquake in Haiti, many musicians and other artists rushed to help, hosting benefits and raising funds. Heard from Rolling StoneSite: Rolling Stone: Features
Mick Jagger and Keith Richards reevaluate their classic 1972 double album
Get the full story on the never-before-heard tracks on the Rolling Stone's upcoming Exile on Main Street reissue in our new issue, on stands now.
In the new issue of Rolling Stone, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards talk about plundering their vaults for the
From MGMT to Erykah Badu, a first listen to 2010's hottest albums
From Katy Perry and Stone Temple Pilots to MGMT and Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, some of 2010's most anticipated albums are hitting stores this season. Big debuts from Court Yard Hounds and Drake are due, along with eagerly awaited releases by Christina Aguilera, Hole, the Hold Steady and Gaslight Anthem. Read up on 38 of the spring's discs, plus get your first listen to new tunes from Jakob Dylan, Willie Nelson and Peter Wolf, and watch exclusive performances and sneak peeks featuring fre...
Up all night with hip-hop's unstoppable machine as he prepares to spend the next year behind bars
This story was originally published in February 2010. Since then, Lil Wayne's sentencing has been postponed two times. For the latest on his developing case, click here.
"I don't like to stop," says Lil Wayne. "I believe you stop when you die." The biggest rapper in the world stands 23 floors above Atlanta and five feet six in black Chuck Taylors, his wifebeater tee baring a torso as ink-covered as the pages of a doodler's notebook. It's 8:30 p.m., two days after Christmas, and he will be up...
The unthinkable has happened - by losing Paula's craziness, and with Simon heading for the door, "American Idol" feels like it has finally reached the end of its run
How do you replace Paula Abdul? You don't. That's no knock on Ellen DeGeneres — it's just that absurd Hollywood creatures like Paula are rare and precious flukes of the universe, like the Loch Ness monster in sequined capri pants. Without Paula, American Idol loses its crazy factor, the suspenseful thrill that you're never more than a few minutes away from seeing a grade-A display of batshit antics on live TV. And what is American Idol without a dose of crazy?
Sending Ellen in to...
How a Korean guru has created a fanatical following on college campuses that is part Moonies, part New Age boot camp and pure profit
Read a rebuttal to Rolling Stone's Dahn Yoga story by Joseph Alexander, the Vice President-Communications for Dahn Yoga & Health Centers — plus RS' response.
If you looked at it from a certain perspective, the exercises Amy Shipley did in Dahn Yoga were perfectly normal. Take what she was doing right now. It was near midnight. Amy and seven other devotees of Dahn Yoga — nearly all in their 20s, clad in blue tracksuits and barely functioning on three hours of sleep — were...
The writer of "Lil Wayne Goes to Jail" on the MC who loves Andy Warhol, the Boston Bruins and rethinking the game
Read about Weezy's frantic final days of freedom in "Lil Wayne Goes to Jail" in our new issue, on newsstands now.
Lil Wayne's World: the rapper's rise in photos.
"I am not like you," raps Lil Wayne, "I am a Martian." The man has a point.
A...
Heard from NPRSite: NPR Topics: Music He found his footing in jazz through its hard-swinging main stem. But after he'd proved his hard-bop mettle, he took a fork in the road toward electric experimentalism. Now, trumpeter Nicholas Payton seems comfortable pursuing a middle ground. Hear his band play live. Damian Kulash, singer-songwriter-guitarist with OK Go, talks about the group's split with its label as the result of a label policy that kept a popular video the band made from being embedded on YouTube. "This Too Shall Pass" is a viral video that took a month to make; it displays an elaborate two-story Rube Goldberg device timed to the song. Tired of the new-wave explosion in their hometown of San Diego, The Soft Pack's Matt Lamkin and Matty McLoughlin got their start after deciding to revive old-school grunge. Later joined by Dave Lantzman and Brian Hill, the group found a knack for writing simple and catchy tunes that hint at the New York underground and subtle '60s California surf-rock. "If all that grows starts to fade, starts to falter / Oh, let me inside, let me inside not to wake," Midlake's Tim Smith sings in "Acts of Man," which surrounds his meditation on man and nature with dense harmonies and the rich sounds of a folk-pop orchestra. The Venezuelan band has found huge success in its native country. But the group has also built a following in the U.S. with its unique blend of disco, jazz, funk and Latin rhythms. Here, host Michel Martin talks with the Latin Grammy-winning band, which recently stopped by NPR for a performance and conversation. Check out some of the emerging roots music from Wales with established and emerging artists, including master of the Welsh triple harp Robin Huw Bowen and singer songwriter Meic Stevens. Seven years after the death of Johnny Cash, producer Rick Rubin has selected 10 more songs among the many he produced for Cash late in the singer's life. Rock critic Ken Tucker examines the end result, the album American VI: Ain't No Grave. A very public radio Easter Egg in OK Go's first video. The singer-songwriter grew up in North Dakota as the daughter of "motorcycle-riding hippie farmers." Now based in Brooklyn, Egge has crafted several albums of fresh, homespun folk music. Here, she performs with her homemade resonator slide guitar. For 25, Patty Larkin recorded voice and guitar for 25 songs, then let friends such as Rosanne Cash, Erin McKeown and Martin Sexton do the rest. Twenty-five not only represents the number of songs and collaborators, but also how many years it's been since Larkin made her first recordings. All Songs Considered producer Robin Hilton reflects on the loss of Mark Linkous, the imaginative mind and voice behind the music of Sparklehorse. Linkous killed himself this past weekend, two months after the loss of another artist to suicide, Vic Chesnutt. The moody folk-pop band has visited Mountain Stage eight times since 1992. But for this go-'round, Cowboy Junkies went back even further, reinterpreting material from the group's classic 1988 album The Trinity Session. He was once dismissed as a composer for "high middlebrow taste." But Barber, who wrote the famous Adagio for Strings, would not be criticized if he were an emerging composer today, 100 years after his birth. Keller, formerly of the '80s pop hitmaker Tommy Tutone, returns for his first solo release in a decade with Sunshine in My Pocket, an album brimming with bright, optimistic folk-pop. Her eyes half-closed, Minneapolis MC Dessa flowed through the rhymes from her new album, A Badly Broken Code, at KEXP. Her hands moved with the rhythm, and her voice was pitch-perfect. Heard from VarietySite: Variety.com - Music News Music News: Healthy hiring at MTV names new Senior VP -- Continuing a steady stream of hires and promotions, MTV has named Jordan Berman senior veep of integrated marketing. Music News: Iconic '60s pop concert features Beach Boys, Rolling Stones -- It was a music awards show that gave no awards, but has gone on be to immortalized as one of the greatest moments in pop music history. Music News: 'Need You Now' back in first place -- Lady Antebellum's "Need You Now" rebounded back to No.1 on the national album chart, heading a top 10 that sees six new arrivals. Music News: Veteran singer to receive kudo at Pop Awards -- Following in the footsteps of such previous honorees as Paul Simon, Willie Nelson, Brian Wilson, James Brown and Kris Kristofferson, John Fogerty will be feted as a BMI Icon at the performance rights organization's Pop Awards banquet on May 18. Music News: Former ITV boss replaces Elio Leoni-Sceti -- EMI Group's revolving doors continue to spin with news that Elio Leoni-Sceti -- the CEO in charge of its record labels -- is exiting the company after just 18 months at the helm. Music News: Comcast-Spectacor purchased ticketing service -- The sale of ticketing service Paciolan to Comcast-Spectacor was completed Tuesday, fulfilling a major proviso for approval of the Live Nation Entertainment merger by the Department of Justice. Music News: Co-founded all-Native American rock group Redbone -- Guitarist and vocalist Lolly Vegas died March 4 in Reseda, Calif. Music News: Singer nabs worldwide publishing deal -- BMG Rights Management has signed an exclusive publishing agreement to represent singer Leona Lewis. Music News: Exec to work with Warner Music Intl. affiliates -- Expanding one of their longtime execs' international roles, Rhino Entertainment has promoted David Dorn to senior VP of global sales and digital strategy, U.S. repertoire, at the Warner Music Group catalog division. Music News: Album launches Experience Hendrix initiative -- When Jimi Hendrix returned to play his hometown of Seattle, Washington, while on tour in 1968, he spent as much time as possible with kid sister Janie. Music News: Grammy Award-winning rapper to serve 1 year for gun possession -- After saying goodbye on concert stages and online video streams, Lil Wayne had nothing to add as he was sentenced Monday to a year in jail for having a loaded gun on his tour bus. Music News: Singer-songwriter was 47 -- Mark Linkous, singer-songwriter for the group Sparklehorse, committed suicide Saturday in Knoxville, Tenn. He was 47. Music News: Cirque du Soleil remains dominant force as Las Vegas entertainment -- Live entertainment has often been a stabilizing force in the fluctuating Las Vegas economy, adapting quickly to radical changes in the market and rolling out splashy and popular new acts, conveying confidence that a rebound is in the cards for 2010. Music News: Composers 'Phantom' sequel premieres March 9
-- Sometimes it's hard to believe Andrew Lloyd Webber -- the composer behind "Cats," "Evita," "The Phantom of the Opera," "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Sunset Boulevard" -- is just one person. Music News: Pubcaster will channel coin into local content --
What do British rock icon David Bowie, media mogul James Murdoch and U.K. business bible, the Financial Times, all have in common? Each one is piling the pressure on the BBC. Music News: Composer's concerts to start in New York -- Oscar- and Grammy-winning Indian composer A.R. Rahman ("Slumdog Millionaire") has joined hands with creative director Amy Tinkham for his Jai Ho Concert: The Journey Home World Tour. Music News: Country crooner joins Jackson, Pickler -- Tim McGraw is coming back to the CMA Music Fest. Music News: Questions about The Rolling Stones' hidden gems -- When Universal Music Group announced last week that it was re-releasing the Rolling Stones' iconic 1972 double album "Exile on Main Street" with 10 never-before-heard bonus tracks from the period, many fans found themselves wondering, "Where did these songs come from, and why haven't we heard them before?" Music News: Love's band to release first disc in more than a decade -- Singer and sometime actress Courtney Love's band Hole will issue "Nobody's Daughter." Music News: Attorney replaces Stephen Schwarzman at D.C. facility -- David M. Rubenstein, co-founder and managing director of the Carlyle Group, a D.C.-based private equity firm, has been selected to become the next chairman of the Kennedy Center. He will succeed Stephen Schwarzman, whose six-year term in the post ends in May. Heard from BBCSite: BBC News | Entertainment | UK Edition Lost Boys actor Corey Haim dies at the age of 38, the Los Angeles coroner's office confirms. Actress Farrah Fawcett was not in the Oscars memorial segment because she was more known as a TV star, the Academy says. Strictly Come Dancing presenter Tess Daly says her marriage to fellow presenter Vernon Kay is "worth fighting" for. The first official midweek singles chart shows that Tinie Tempah is due to hold on to the number one spot for a second week. Coronation Street actress Beverley Callard reveals she has been receiving treatment for a "serious breakdown" and depression. Florence and the Machine is to headline her first festival, topping the bill at Latitude in Suffolk in July. Singer Charlotte Church agrees a 2m deal with a music investment company to finance the recording of her next reccord, it is confirmed. Comedian Chubby Brown denies assaulting a 21-year-old woman during an argument in a Teesside car park. Pink Floyd launch legal action in the High Court against EMI over payment of online royalties and marketing of their music. The Royal Opera House is to stage the world premiere of an opera about the life of former Playboy model Anna Nicole Smith, who died in 2007. A list of 50 women to watch in the arts over the coming years has been compiled by leading arts organisations. Hundreds of people are being asked to shed their clothes to celebrate a Greater Manchester art gallery's 10th birthday. Photographer Annie Leibovitz does a deal with Colony Capital to clear huge debts that meant she may have lost her library of famous pictures.
BBC Radio 2 presenter Sir Terry Wogan is named digital radio personality of the year at the annual Tric Awards ahead of successor Chris Evans. Record labels say they want to counter the "myth" that artists can forge a successful career on their own in the digital age. Troubled record company EMI - whose artists include Coldplay - has named former ITV boss Charles Allen as its new chairman. T in the Park festival has also added Jamie T to its line-up and confirmed The Prodigy and Black Eyed Peas will headline the Radio 1/NME stage. R&B singer D'Angelo is arrested in New York after allegedly trying to pay for sex with a police officer posing as a prostitute. Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland enters the UK and Ireland box office at number one, with record opening takings for a 3D movie. This year's Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles was the most watched in the US for five years, early figures suggest. Comedy series Police Academy, which spawned a series of films and a TV show, is set to return to to the big screen, reports say. Actor Michael J Fox is to be honoured by Sweden's Karolinska Institute for his work to raise funds and awareness for Parkinson's Disease. Actor Charlie Sheen is expected to return to the set of Two and a Half Men after a spell in rehab, his publicist says. A US TV producer pleads guilty to attempting to blackmail US chat show host David Letterman over his affairs. Music Week magazine publishes an open letter to BBC boss Mark Thompson urging him to rethink his plans to axe 6 Music. New Doctor Who actor Matt Smith will meet fans on a UK tour showcasing the first episode of the upcoming series of the show. Director Martin Scorsese on seeking posterity and reuniting with Leonardo DiCaprio on his latest movie The critics' verdicts on Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies Goldfrapp return all happy and relaxed. What happened? But why are there so few female film-makers? Are you sitting uncomfortably in the West End? The night's winners and losers in the style stakes Meaning behind Hitchcock blondes |
 Amazon Price: $9.99 Customer Review: Well here we have another Jimi Hendrix album of unreleased material from later in his career. This is literally what?The fifth,sixth time this has happened following his death? Yet at the same time there's a big difference between discussing the music on this album and merely having an opinion on it. This album comes from a very awkward period in Jimi's sadly short musical career. Most of these songs feature Noel Redding but here you also see the transition to Billy Cox (the liner notes explain what happened during that time) and interestingly enough,as the bassists change you also notice a difference in in the way Hendrix's rhythmic patterns work. By the way the ve...  Amazon Price: $15.99 Customer Review: I really enjoyed this DVD. I didn't get a chance to see it when it was on the big screen and that's why I purchased it. I especially liked the added features. One was about the costumes that had been made for him to wear. That really brought it home for me. My husband wasn't going to watch it but got sucked in and enjoyed it just as much,if not more, than I did! He really enjoyed the music. I found it interesting that they had all of the footage that they did.  Amazon Price: $13.99 Customer Review: As always she has come out with a lovely album of songs. A voice to die for.  Amazon Price: $9.99 Customer Review: Along with everyone else who purchases Susan's CD, I fell in love with her voice from the youtube videos. However, the songs on this CD do not seem to fit her voice. There are several jazz songs and most of the songs in general do not demand the power she is so capable of delivering. I hope she will do another CD with songs that match her talent.  Amazon Price: $13.99 Customer Review: I was hoping that after 8 years he would come out with an album of his own songs, but anyway... I honestly had some trepidations about an album of "covers". Of all people Gabriel certainly has enough creativity in him to beg the question if this is necessary. Nevertheless, despite a mixed track record with his previous releases, any new release by Peter Gabriel is worthy of investigation, and I was actually not disappointed. Gabriel takes a very eclectic mix of songs from very different songwriters and very much makes them his own. His performances are all great, and he seems to discover things in the songs which weren't apparent. The instrumentation - an orchestra with occasional pian...  Amazon Price: $9.99 Customer Review: I was a HUGE Danny fan from American Idol. He has a great voice. I was nervous about a country albumn, since i am not that big of a fan of some country music. But while it is definitely country, it is also definitely Danny and his amazing voice. Love the albumn!  Amazon Price: $13.99 Customer Review: Saw this on PBS last night... It blew me away; especially James Brown's performance. The dancers were wild to watch. And James Brown's dancing. Y'all do know that James Brown is shown in here, right? Unbelieveable...  Amazon Price: $11.88 Customer Review: At the first listen, I felt oddly let down...But then I started to read the lyrics...and now I'm addicted. I have listened to this album almost everyday for the past few weeks. Beautiful, haunting, varied, and substantial. A must-listen.  Amazon Price: $12.99 Customer Review: I am not only a Michael Buble fan, I am also myself a former professional singer. I think the thing I appreciate the most about Buble is that he is willing to take chances with his interpretations. I also know from seeing him in live performance that the man is a complete professional, a true artist, and knows how to connect with the music and his audience. I appreciate all those qualities. To me, that's what makes an artist true to his craft. I am for the most part pleased with all the cuts on this new CD, but a couple of them I find myself skipping over as they are just a bit too lackluster for my taste. Here's my breakdown; 'Cry Me a River' is brilliant. It is by far the bes...  Amazon Price: $23.99 Customer Review: I really enjoyed this DVD. I didn't get a chance to see it when it was on the big screen and that's why I purchased it. I especially liked the added features. One was about the costumes that had been made for him to wear. That really brought it home for me. My husband wasn't going to watch it but got sucked in and enjoyed it just as much,if not more, than I did! He really enjoyed the music. I found it interesting that they had all of the footage that they did.  Amazon Price: $10.99 Customer Review: To be honest on my first few listens this CD did not sound good compared to previous Sade work. However, I gave it a chance, after all, I paid for it. Well, now I love it. Give it time. The music is so mellow at times that you forget to listen to the rich interplay going on with the excellent artists. But, the guitar, sax, bass, keyboards, and other instruments are still being played by great musicians, and of course, Sade's vocals are unique and have a beauty of their own. When I first heard Sade (and saw the band live) I loved the music. That music is here too. Perhaps not to the previous levels, no "Is It A Crime?" here. Yet, satisfying. My favorites on this CD are "... Amazon Price: $9.99 Customer Review: Well here we have another Jimi Hendrix album of unreleased material from later in his career. This is literally what?The fifth,sixth time this has happened following his death? Yet at the same time there's a big difference between discussing the music on this album and merely having an opinion on it. This album comes from a very awkward period in Jimi's sadly short musical career. Most of these songs feature Noel Redding but here you also see the transition to Billy Cox (the liner notes explain what happened during that time) and interestingly enough,as the bassists change you also notice a difference in in the way Hendrix's rhythmic patterns work. By the way the ve...  Amazon Price: $9.99 Customer Review: Great CD, Shipping was good and price was right and Lady A is always good.  Amazon Price: $8.99 Customer Review: This is an excellent CD and I can't be more pleased with the entire selection of songs. Johnny has left a legacy and given us another great album that I'm certain to enjoy for years to come. Johnny has given us his witness and has stored his reward in heaven and is nowing reaping what he has sown. The Lord has given Johnny all his talents and Johnny did not bury them, but has deposited them while earning great interest. I trust that Johnny Cash is happy now more than ever for the road he has chosen. He has blessed us, too. The voice is a little cracked and old, but like fine wine it is better with age as he tugs our hearts more than our ears with this excellent selection of songs. Who... Amazon Price: $15.99 Customer Review: I really enjoyed this DVD. I didn't get a chance to see it when it was on the big screen and that's why I purchased it. I especially liked the added features. One was about the costumes that had been made for him to wear. That really brought it home for me. My husband wasn't going to watch it but got sucked in and enjoyed it just as much,if not more, than I did! He really enjoyed the music. I found it interesting that they had all of the footage that they did. Amazon Price: $13.99 Customer Review: As always she has come out with a lovely album of songs. A voice to die for. Amazon Price: $9.99 Customer Review: Along with everyone else who purchases Susan's CD, I fell in love with her voice from the youtube videos. However, the songs on this CD do not seem to fit her voice. There are several jazz songs and most of the songs in general do not demand the power she is so capable of delivering. I hope she will do another CD with songs that match her talent.  Amazon Price: $13.99 Customer Review: Wasn't sure what I was getting into, saw the movie and thought it was well done. I was a bit shocked at how good Jeff Bridges sounds considering you think of him as an actor first. When you go to Nashville and visit places like Tootsie's, The Ryman, The Wildhorse, well this is what this music reminded me of, it feels "real" not perfect but authentic. I really liked Fallin' and Flyin' and there is a Waylon Jennings classic, overall I enjoyed the music and the movie. I was happy to see Jeff Bridges earn an Oscar. Amazon Price: $13.99 Customer Review: I was hoping that after 8 years he would come out with an album of his own songs, but anyway... I honestly had some trepidations about an album of "covers". Of all people Gabriel certainly has enough creativity in him to beg the question if this is necessary. Nevertheless, despite a mixed track record with his previous releases, any new release by Peter Gabriel is worthy of investigation, and I was actually not disappointed. Gabriel takes a very eclectic mix of songs from very different songwriters and very much makes them his own. His performances are all great, and he seems to discover things in the songs which weren't apparent. The instrumentation - an orchestra with occasional pian... Amazon Price: $9.99 Customer Review: I was a HUGE Danny fan from American Idol. He has a great voice. I was nervous about a country albumn, since i am not that big of a fan of some country music. But while it is definitely country, it is also definitely Danny and his amazing voice. Love the albumn! Variety Music Reviews Site: Variety.com - Music Reviews Music Reviews: Musician spread his wings quite a bit more than usual at this larger hall show. Music Reviews: Show does more to reveal the flexibility of Stephen Merritt's compositions than the strength of the new album. Music Reviews: "We Belong Together" may have been the climactic moment of Mariah Carey's Gibson Amphitheater show Tuesday (the first of two sold-out nights), and "you and I" something of a lyrical refrain, but the 90-minute performance ran according to Carey's clock. Music Reviews: Guitarists exude different personae when examined side by side, but show a surprising congruity when together. Music Reviews: Yoko Ono can throw herself just about any sort of party that might strike her fancy, so one day before her 77th birthday, she opted to take over one of Gotham's most beautiful concert halls and let her freak flag fly -- as high and spectacularly vividly as it ever has. Music Reviews: Manhattan Transfer seem every bit as enthusiastic about their musical collaboration as they were decades ago. Music Reviews: London's Mumford & Sons arrives on these shores for their first U.S. with new music to boast. Music Reviews: A unique, high-spirited reworking of a familiar formula. Music Reviews: Casual was the byword for Chris Cornell's solo acoustic turn at the Troubadour Friday night. Music Reviews: Fest favorite attracted 600 patrons to the L.A. Natural History Museum's Mammoth Hall. Music Reviews: The Grammys have become a near-ideal made-for-TV vehicle -- a musical show with few actual awards. Music Reviews: Alpert's jazz roots have emerged into full view with a show featuring his wife, Lani Hall. Music Reviews: Docu is a slick sojourn through the show's staggering 36-year run. Music Reviews: French guitarist Dorado Schmitt leads a centennial celebration tour of Django Reinhardt's birth. Music Reviews: There's nothing new about musicians tweaking convention by giving bizarro-world facelifts to iconic songs. Music Reviews: The Troubador was the first venue at which Joseph Arthur combined painting and singing, and for a return visit he added philanthropy. Music Reviews: Telethon goes down as a particularly stirring and well-oiled production. Music Reviews: When Lady Gaga announced the plans for her Monsters Ball tour, she referred to the production -- with typical hyperbole -- as a "pop-electro opera." Well, doggone it if she didn't deliver just that -- Viking horns, death scenes and all -- as she kicked off her four-night, tour-ending home stand Wednesday night. Music Reviews: Murray Lerner's mesmerizing docu closely chronicles Leonard Cohen's set at the Isle of Wight. Music Reviews: From doe-eyed ingénue to wrecked rocker to the emergent stateswoman of avant-cabaret.  by Ozzy Osbourne Amazon Price: $16.19 Customer Review: If you grew up listening to Black Sabbath as I did you will probably find this book worthwhile. It's Ozzy the good the bad and the ugly. For someone many thought to be the devil himself, he certainly has had an angel watching over him. One thing I enjoyed about this book is rediscovering some of the music. I had quit listening to Sabbath after the Sabotage record and hadn't heard the last 2 albums Ozzy did with Black Sabbath. A pleasant surprise to say the least. It was also fun to check out old concert footage on Youtube. I even found the clip of a show Tony Iommi did in his brief stint with Jethro T...  by Stephenie Meyer Amazon Price: $6.05 Customer Review: Twilight centers on the developing romance between Bella and Edward. Problem is, Bella and Edward have no chemistry. He's a 100 year-old vampire. She's a helpless, self-conscious klutz. They don't do anything together except look at each other. They have nothing in common and so they talk about nothing. These conversations about nothing are fraught with overwrought tension and abused facial expressions. There's a glower, a simper, a chuckle, a smirk, a sigh, a blush after EVERY laborious exchange. It's meant to be engrossing and edgy, but it's distracting and silly. Edward the Emo shifts moods from cocky to lustful to angry to protective in the blink of an eye. Bella's range of ...  by Patti Smith Amazon Price: $17.82 Customer Review: This was definitely an interesting read. Smith is a good writer of prose. But her name dropping gets quite tedious, and a lot of what she writes is, quite literally, unbelievable. There are degrees of plausibility. It's one thing for her to suggest that she came up with Janis Joplin's nickname Pearl and quite another for her to recount watching the Bobby Kennedy assassination live on TV. The former seems too self-serving to be true (and this book is self-serving), but the latter is easily proven false (it wasn't broadcast). I ended the book feeling I had no idea what had actually happened and what had not. The result is I'm now reading a real biography of Mapplethorpe. Read Just Kids for an ...  by Dr. Seuss Amazon Price: $4.95 Customer Review: I bought this book for my 2yr old son and in a single sitting he could listen to the whole book read aloud to him. He found the rhymes very interesting. He quickly caught on to the phrases - that bump made us jump (and will jump saying that), what a shame (and will laugh saying this), loved the thing1 and thing2 :). Overall i am glad i could get such a book for my kid.  by Kevin Leman Amazon Price: $10.19 Customer Review: Pretty good book. Probably best for engaged couples and newly married couples. Although my aunt swears that it totally revived her marriage. I kind of feel like this book focused more on what the wife could do to help the marriage rather than focusing on both the husband and wife. I would've liked a little more info for the husband. Still a great book. Somewhat graphic yet very scripturally sound.  by Donald Miller Amazon Price: $9.74 Customer Review: Blue Like Jazz By Donald Miller This book brings a fresh perspective on Christianity through the life of Donald Miller. He writes in a way that keeps the reader wanting to find out what is on the next page. One of the reasons why I enjoyed this book was because the author is very honest about his walk with God. He tells of real life stories in where he has to answer the tough questions about God, the church, and his personal walk with Christ. Some may call him a post modern writer. I do not believe he is a post modern writer, he just seems to think that Christians are asking the wrong types of questions about God and the universe. He is not afraid to tell th...  by Tommy James Amazon Price: $16.50 Customer Review: I was really surprised by this book. Having a connection to the many hit songs from Tommy James, it filled in a lot of important history for me. All that I remember was hit after hit and music that really left its mark on me. This book has the feel that Tommy is telling one awesome life story, while striking a nice balance in his views on Morris Levy and Roulette. The reader really has an appreciation for the ups and downs of being in the grip of such a powerful figure. The upside is that Tommy had the full might of Roulette focused on him, the downside is that Morris kept most of the money. I was amazed to hear the real story of what took place during these amazing years. I was also ...  by Will Schmid, Greg Koch Amazon Price: $12.44 Customer Review: this was a great purchase - my guitar book was in perfect condition & was exactly what i needed.  Amazon Price: $4.99 Customer Review: I was disappointed with this, after seeing all the good reviews. If you know the song, seeing the words makes you want to sing it, and the book goes too slowly for that. I suppose it's fine for body parts, but we name body parts as a game throughout the day anyway. Cute illustrations, durable, but that's the best I can say for it.  by Anita Diamant Amazon Price: $10.20 Customer Review: I bought the Kindle version on a whim -- I'd been searching for low-priced books and stumbled on this, having never heard about it before. The blurb sounded intriguing but I was a little nervous that it was a 'religious' book. It was anything but. The Red Tent is reminiscent of The Mists of Avalon -- well-known stories told from the female perspective -- and The Handmaid's Tale: A Novel. I found the 'religious' aspect intriguing, as it shows how the one-god belief system sprouted from the many-god belief system. Dinah's is a beautiful, tragic, violent, dark and inspiring story. Highly recommended if you enjoy women's (not chick) lit. A note on the Kindle formatting: I found to b...  Amazon Price: $13.99 Customer Review: We first saw the movie at a neighbors house. We ordered it the next day. The music is fantastic. I told my wife I'm in love with the fiddle player. She said OK. The setting is great. You will not be disappointed by purchasing this DVD.  Amazon Price: $18.99 Customer Review: First of all I am a lifelong Neil Diamond fan. I saw this exact concert here in Denver. The great thing about this DVD/Blu-ray is that it is the only video I am aware of where we have a complete Neil Diamond concert. So I will rate in 3 categories. Performance - Neil has been around for some time now. It has been awhile since the first Hot August Night. But luckily, he was in great voice for this concert. Much better than when I saw him live in Denver. Fans will not be disappointed. Full length concert in hi-def, does not get much better for fans. Video - I would rate a little lower than I was hoping for here. Not quite as sharp as the best concerts, and some cameras were not as ...  Amazon Price: $9.49 Customer Review: Best Michael Jackson concert video you will ever find. Great lighting, great audio, great camera shots. A great loss. We will never see someone who can sing, dance like him ever again.  Amazon Price: $13.49 Customer Review: I friend of mine was playing this on DVD in his music store, and I was impressed, to say the least, at the performance. I bought it here on Blu Ray, and after viewing it in 1080p, I was floored. On a 62" screen with surround, it was easy to immerse yourself in the performance, and wow! What a performance! Jeff's whole band is unbelievable, (especially the child-like waif of a bass player) and Jeff's skills are jaw dropping. The set of rockabilly tunes in the "extras" section on the Blu Ray are almost worth the price of admission on their own. Standout tracks to me are "Because We've Ended As Lovers" and "A Day In The Life". This disc is the first time I've heard Imogene Heap sing, and I...  Amazon Price: $9.99 Customer Review: This show was the first they did and I liked them better early on. It also has some great interviews that you don't get with later presentations. It also has a few better song selections than later show.  Amazon Price: $19.99 Customer Review: This concert is for the true music lover. The orchestration is fantastic. I recommend the seller of this product to anyone who shops on Amazon. You will be highly pleased with the service.  Amazon Price: $17.99 Customer Review: I wish there would have been some English subtitles as most of the concert was in Italian. Beautiful venue and great singing!  Amazon Price: $16.99 Customer Review: Great band great sound, the Blu Ray picure quality is fantastic and the sound quality is excellent. I never got to see these guys play so this has to be the next best thing! The Blu Ray also comes with a CD of the concert so you can't beat the price, it would be nice if other companies would include a CD along with their Blu Ray's. You can't go wrong with this concert it is really good!!  Amazon Price: $11.99 Customer Review: This is another great Blu-ray concert... the video is superb (black & white, but superb), the audio is even better (dts-HD codec + 96/24 resolution- really doesn't get much better than that). It's a great concert by a legendary artist with (still) legendary vocals... supported by numerous other stars all on the same stage. The man might be gone, but truly his music and his talents live on. Bottom line: If you like Roy Orbison, and want to see a great concert presented in the best possible way using Blu-ray technology, then pick this disc up... you won't be disappointed.  Amazon Price: $18.98 Customer Review: Excellent DVD....really gets you up close and personal with this quirky and interesting musician. Loved the music! Amazon Price: $9.99 Customer Review: Great CD, Shipping was good and price was right and Lady A is always good. Amazon Price: $8.99 Customer Review: This is an excellent CD and I can't be more pleased with the entire selection of songs. Johnny has left a legacy and given us another great album that I'm certain to enjoy for years to come. Johnny has given us his witness and has stored his reward in heaven and is nowing reaping what he has sown. The Lord has given Johnny all his talents and Johnny did not bury them, but has deposited them while earning great interest. I trust that Johnny Cash is happy now more than ever for the road he has chosen. He has blessed us, too. The voice is a little cracked and old, but like fine wine it is better with age as he tugs our hearts more than our ears with this excellent selection of songs. Who... Amazon Price: $13.99 Customer Review: As always she has come out with a lovely album of songs. A voice to die for. Amazon Price: $13.99 Customer Review: Wasn't sure what I was getting into, saw the movie and thought it was well done. I was a bit shocked at how good Jeff Bridges sounds considering you think of him as an actor first. When you go to Nashville and visit places like Tootsie's, The Ryman, The Wildhorse, well this is what this music reminded me of, it feels "real" not perfect but authentic. I really liked Fallin' and Flyin' and there is a Waylon Jennings classic, overall I enjoyed the music and the movie. I was happy to see Jeff Bridges earn an Oscar. Amazon Price: $9.99 Customer Review: I was a HUGE Danny fan from American Idol. He has a great voice. I was nervous about a country albumn, since i am not that big of a fan of some country music. But while it is definitely country, it is also definitely Danny and his amazing voice. Love the albumn!  Amazon Price: $11.88 Customer Review: This CD is full of great songs that just grow on you the more you hear them! I bought this a month or so before I was planning to see them in concert and I'm so glad I did! At the concert, I knew the songs and had already loved them which made their amazing concert even better for me! Saw the concert tonight in Las Cruces, New Mexico and they were great! This CD is well worth the money! Mine is even more valuable now because Zac Brown himself autographed that baby! Buy it!! It's great!!!  Amazon Price: $12.99 Customer Review: I purchased this on an impulse and every aspect of this disc is outstanding including the quality of the recording itself. This is a breakthrough especially for those interested in the growth and evolution of popular music. If you are on the fence here about whether to try the Carolina Chocolate Drops you will be pleased. I am brilliantly happy!  Amazon Price: $9.97 Customer Review: Admittedly, this was going to be a guilty pleasure for me, but hearing is believing! Much more than just another "singing cutie," Taylor's band, writing ability and vocal talents all add up to a big hit. Highly recommended!  Amazon Price: $11.88 Customer Review: One of Patty's best's. Her gospel sound is alive and deep.What a great change for her.I highly recommend!!!  Amazon Price: $11.88 Customer Review: The movie had such great music that I ordered the CD immediately after seeing the movie from Amazon.com. The CD is great and brings back memories of the movie. Good songs! |
