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Tuned: Look out, Nicki Minaj, Sam Amidon may cover you next bc-tuned-music19(sh) | By: CHUCK CAMPBELL | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Music (EM) May 17, 2013 4:05 PM By CHUCK CAMPBELL "BRIGHT SUNNY SOUTH," Sam Amidon (Nonesuch) Given that Sam Amidon slid a sly remake of R. Kelly's "Relief" into his 2010 album of covers of traditional hymns and folk music ("I See the Sign"), it's no surprise to hear him taking a
Profile: Boz Scaggs' 'Memphis' makes inviting musical mix bc-profile-bozscaggs(sh) | By: BOB MEHR | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Lifestyle (KO), Music (EM) May 7, 2013 4:30 PM By BOB MEHR Boz Scaggs took it as a good omen, a kind of papal seal, when one of his childhood heroes, Bobby "Blue" Bland, showed up at his recording session last winter at Memphis' Royal Studios. "Bobby came by and spent an afternoon with us, and
Dealing with loud jerks at concerts bc-concert-etiquette(sh) | By: DAVID BURGER | Source: Salt Lake Tribune | Lifestyle (KO), Music (EM), Family/Relationships (LY) Apr 30, 2013 12:25 PM By DAVID BURGER It has happened to all of us. You are at a concert, and some jerk behind you starts talking. And talking. And talking. Loud rock shows usually drown out these annoying folks. But plenty of other concert venues try to create an intima
Profile: Reunited Mavericks find a home in Americana scene bc-profile-mavericks(sh) | By: JON BREAM | Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | Music (EM), People & Celebrities (EP) Apr 30, 2013 10:45 AM By JON BREAM The Mavericks -- the undefinable, underappreciated but beloved Nashville band from the 1990s -- were always a terrific live group. But they never quite fit in on the radio. They just weren't country enough for the Garth Brooks/Shania T
Tuned: Fantasia finds strength in 'Side Effects of You' bc-tuned-music21(sh) | By: CHUCK CAMPBELL | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Music (EM) Apr 19, 2013 5:05 PM "SIDE EFFECTS OF YOU," Fantasia (J-Records) Fantasia may be a modern woman by most accounts -- after all, her music career boomed when she won "American Idol" in 2004 -- but maybe she's an old-fashioned gal at heart. The way her raspy voice intertwi
Music: A sublime John Denver tribute album bc-johndenver-music(sh) | By: SEAN DALY | Source: Tampa Bay Times | Music (EM) Apr 18, 2013 11:54 AM With his bookwormy specs, moppish 'do and Rocky Mountain high-lonesome vocal, John Denver was made for those mellow '70s. He was quiet, introspective, touchy-feely. He wouldn't have the volume or the ego to sniff the air at the top of today's brash p
Profile: Catching up with -- pop singer? -- Katey Sagal bc-profile-sagal(sh) | By: NEAL JUSTIN | Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | Music (EM), Television (ET), People & Celebrities (EP) Apr 18, 2013 10:50 AM Viewers accustomed to seeing Katey Sagal as hapless housewife Peg Bundy on "Married ... With Children" must have suffered a minor case of whiplash with the 2008 premiere of "Sons of Anarchy," a series in which she plays a tough-minded matriarch of a
Profile: Danish punks of Iceage hit our shores with intense second album bc-profile-iceage(sh) | By: SCOTT MERVIS | Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Music (EM), People & Celebrities (EP) Apr 16, 2013 2:23 PM Denmark is known more for giving us Legos and those blue tins of butter cookies than it is for bands. Mercyful Fate stemmed from the Scandinavian country, as did Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich and alternative bands Mew and the Raveonettes. Now it has
Tuned: Yeah Yeah Yeahs takes flight on 'Mosquito' ... Proclaimers ... Milkshake bc-tuned-music14(sh) | By: CHUCK CAMPBELL | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Music (EM) Apr 12, 2013 3:26 PM "MOSQUITO," Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Interscope) "Mosquito" is the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' most consistent release to date, though it's also one of the hardest to define and one of the trio's least mainstream-accessible albums. Unlike 2009's "It's Blitz!" and 2006
Profile: Catching up with Weird Al Yankovic bc-profile-weirdal(sh) | By: WAYNE BLEDSOE | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Books (EB), Music (EM), People & Celebrities (EP) Apr 11, 2013 2:36 PM If you took a notion to listen to Weird Al Yankovic's music chronologically, you'd have a pretty good history of pop culture. From 1980's "Another One Rides the Bus" (a parody of Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust") to 2011's "Perform This Way" (a p
Profile: LeeAnn Rimes on 'Spitfire,' guilt and tabloids bc-profile-rimes(sh) | By: ISADORA RANGEL | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Music (EM), People & Celebrities (EP) Apr 10, 2013 4:11 PM By ISADORA RANGEL When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. For LeAnn Rimes, that translates to: If you are caught having an affair with a married man and have your life dissected by tabloids, make a record out of it. The country singer's new rel
Profile: At 85, Doc Severinsen still a young man with a horn bc-profileseverinsen(sh) | By: WAYNE BLEDSOE | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Music (EM), Television (ET), People & Celebrities (EP) Apr 10, 2013 1:57 PM By WAYNE BLEDSOE Trumpeter/bandleader Doc Severinsen can still hit the notes, and it's not something he ever takes for granted. He always warms up. "A trumpeter is kind of like a golfer or an opera singer," says Severinsen in a call from his home i
Profile: Talking with Monkee Michael Nesmith bc-profile-nesmith(sh) | By: SCOTT MERVIS | Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Music (EM), People & Celebrities (EP) Apr 9, 2013 3:57 PM By SCOTT MERVIS Michael Nesmith has always been the Monkee who didn't want to Monkee around. He was a promising L.A. folk musician before debuting in 1966 as the smart Monkee who could play guitar. In 1970, two years after "The Monkees" was off the
Warner Bros. streaming old films, TV shows ... Amazon answers ... More bc-cyber-warner(sh) | By: ADRIAN McCOY | Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Film (EF), Music (EM), Television (ET) Apr 9, 2013 2:05 PM By ADRIAN McCOY Warner Bros. has ventured into online streaming with Warner Archive Instant. The new streaming service taps Warner's impressive library of films, many of which aren't available through other streaming services such as Netflix, Hulu,
Tuned: Hem's 'Departure & Farewell' seductively disarming ... More bc-tuned-music07(sh) | By: CHUCK CAMPBELL | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Music (EM) Apr 5, 2013 4:40 PM By CHUCK CAMPBELL "DEPARTURE & FAREWELL," Hem (Nettwerk) Hem's new "Departure & Farewell" begins and ends with songs about saying goodbye, opening with the title track and closing with "So Long," and there's not much uplift in the in-between cuts,
Sales of vinyl records increase bc-vinyl-revival(sh) | By: BOB CUNNINGHAM | Source: Toledo Blade | Lifestyle (KO), Music (EM) Apr 5, 2013 4:08 PM By BOB CUNNINGHAM I've been into music as long as I can remember, but until last fall I had never owned a vinyl record, let alone a turntable. That all changed on my 40th birthday. My wife thought some nostalgia might be in order to help me ease in
Profile: Green Day is back in the pink bc-profile-greenday(sh) | By: SCOTT MERVIS | Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Music (EM), People & Celebrities (EP) Apr 4, 2013 3:46 PM By SCOTT MERVIS There are good ways to celebrate the release of a new album, not-so-good ways and semi-disastrous ones. Having your singer go into rehab falls clearly into the latter category. That was the launch that "Uno!" got when it was release
Profile: Catching up with Queen Latifah, who's getting her own talk show bc-profile-latifah(sh) | By: DAVE OSBORN | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Film (EF), Music (EM), Television (ET), People & Celebrities (EP) Apr 2, 2013 4:21 PM bc-profile-latifah(sh) Queen Latifah had a plan all along. The 43-year-old artist said she wanted to sing hip-hop early in her career, and she did. But she also knew she loved other music, from the classics to gospel, and everything in between. And s
Profile: Talking with Cher bc-profile-cher(sh) | By: PATRICIA SHERIDAN | Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | Film (EF), Music (EM), Television (ET), People & Celebrities (EP) Apr 2, 2013 3:17 PM bc-profile-cher(sh) Cher has been entertaining new and old fans for five decades. She began her career sharing the spotlight with her then-husband, the late Sonny Bono, singing numerous hits, including "I Got You Babe," on their popular television sh
Tuned: OneRepublic doesn't dance around the obvious tuned-music31 | By: CHUCK CAMPBELL | Source: Scripps Howard News Service | Music (EM) Mar 29, 2013 3:05 PM "NATIVE," OneRepublic (Mosley Music Group/Interscope) OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder essentially challenges you to dislike his act's new "Native." Listening to the release is like gazing into the eyes-full-of-wonder of a puppy or kitten or baby. H
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