Melanie Amaro, winner of the inaugural season of the US X Factor, was featured with Sir Elton John during the Super Bowl in the elaborate Pepsi commercial. First, nobody bought Elton John as a king- a queen maybe after all… Read more…
Downton Abbey matriarch cage match! The only thing that could possibly be better than watching Downton Abbey’s Maggie Smith, as the Dowager Countess, stop the rest of the cast dead in their tracks with withering glances and haughty comments… Read more…
When Brandi Carlile sings Sometimes I lose my faith in luck/Don’t know what I wanna be when I grow up in the opening lines of the first single, Hard Way Home, from her soon-to-be-released 4th studio album Bear Creek, you… Read more…
With the wild, runaway success of Adele you can expect an onslaught of imports from Europe this year as record companies seek to duplicate the sales and the worldwide phenomenon that is she. While some will fall short of the… Read more…
Kathleen Edwards, Voyageur Her songs have generally been outside herself, but Kathleen Edwards isn’t writing about other people anymore. She’s writing about herself. Voyageur is the Canadian alt-folkie’s most personal work, a 10-song musical catharsis after the tumultuous end of… Read more…
Kandi Burruss knows what it takes to get a song stuck in your head. Some of y’all were probably in diapers when Kandi, part of the multi-platinum Atlanta-based group Xscape, ruled the airwaves, but whether as a performer or songwriter… Read more…
GLADD (Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) released its media awards nominees this morning. Among the notable highlights in film: Albert Nobbs (opening in wide release January 27th exclusively at UA Tara), Pariah (playing now at Landmark) and Tomboy (shown… Read more…
Idol kicks off its 11th season this week on FOX and the past 10 seasons have spawned some legitimate stars (Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood) but also some contestants whose albums are probably collecting dust in some warehouse (Sanjaya Malakar… Read more…
Shades of Purple- the lastest single from Baltimore-based band Bye June shares a message everyone who is fighting for marriage equality can rejoice in. Watch the video below: What do you guys think? Like the song? The video? Share your… Read more…
When I talk about Ani DiFranco, people often discount her as an angry lesbian. Don’t get me wrong, DiFranco has some angry songs in her catalog but she’s been releasing albums since 1990. While there’s nothing wrong with being angry,… Read more…
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