Bigger, brighter and more danceable than predecessor Alright, Still, this autobiographical album is chock-full of double standards, crashing generalisations, and taunts, giving a handy update on Lily’s state of mind.
Opener Everyone’s At It is a wonderful ball of contradiction. Pointing the finger at everyone, from those taking sleeping pills to those on crack, Lily admits that she’s been there. Now, bored with all-nighters, it’s
Bad Boy Records’ Notorious: Music From And Inspired By The Original Motion Picture has made a remarkable chart entry, arriving on the Billboard 200 at #4, with sales of 43,000 – the week’s top debut. What’s more, the musical companion to the blockbuster Fox Searchlight motion picture has arrived at #1 on the “Top Rap Albums” tally, and #2 on both the “Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums” and “Top Digital Albums” charts.
Notorious has also proven a true cinematic event, grossing
DETROIT (Billboard) – Steve Martin puts his new album, “The Crow: New Songs For the Five-String Banjo,” “under the heading of 'I'm not getting any younger.'”
The album by the actor/comedian/author/musician comes out January 27 as a three-month Amazon.com exclusive. It features 15 original Martin compositions recorded with guests such as Dolly Parton, Vince Gill, Mary Black, Earl Scruggs, Tony Trischka, Tim O'Brien
The breakthrough, boisterous techno-pop of Universal Republic newcomers Cash Cash bounded into stores bright and early in 2009, with their Universal Republic debut album, Take It To The Floor, which was released on January 20. The charismatic band is currently riding the wave of their insatiable hit “Party In Your Bedroom,” which has exploded on radio and via YouTube, thanks to the turbo-charged chemistry supplied by brothers Jean Paul Makhlouf (vocals, guitar) and Alex Makhlouf (keyboards,
Catrin Finch’s debut on the venerable Yellow Label offers an accomplished performance of her own transcription for harp of Bach’s timeless Goldberg Variations.
First published in 1741 as an aria with 30 variations and originally composed for a two-manual harpsichord, the ever-amenable Goldbergs have been much and often treated (and occasionally mistreated) to a dizzying array of arrangements for everything, it seems, from jazz trio
DETROIT – Aretha Franklin did more than sing “My Country, ‘Tis of Thee” at President Barack Obama’s inauguration. She also came bearing gifts.
Her spokeswoman, Gwendolyn Quinn, says Franklin gave Obama a collection of 17 sermons by her late father, prominent Detroit minister the Rev. C.L. Franklin.
Quinn says the 66-year-old singer also gave Obama a biography of her father and a Bible “engraved with a personal message.”
Anna Kournikova has sparked rumors she will wed singer Enrique Iglesias - after the tennis star was photographed with a huge diamond ring on her wedding finger.
The couple, together for seven years, cruised by boat along the coast of Miami, Florida earlier this month, when the blonde beauty, 27, was photographed wearing the sparkler. The pair has shared a home in the city for the last eight months.
A source tells Star Magazine, “Everyone is talking about Anna getting
Twenty five: the number of years the incredible songtress Wynonna Judd has been bringing her amazing voice, her inspirational stories and her unique blend of country, soul and good ‘ol Rock’n'Roll to the masses. In celebration of this illustrious career, Wynonna will be releasing her 7th studio album in 2009 - an eclectic assortment of standards paying homage to all the different genres and songs that have formed the soundtrack to her own life. Produced by long time collaborators Don
Rockers Iron Maiden are planning to bring their recent world tour to the big screen with a major movie documentary.
Iron Maiden: Flight 666 - The Movie will feature footage from the group’s 2008 Somewhere Back In Time Tour which saw them play 23 shows across the world in 45 days.
The picture will show frontman Bruce Dickinson fly the band between dates on their customized Boeing 747 jet, christened Ed Force One after the band’s graphic mascot, Eddie.
WASHINGTON (AP) - Latino entertainers Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony graced “la alfombra roja” - the red carpet - at Union Station Sunday to give a Hispanic flair to the inauguration pre-celebration Sunday.
They posed quickly for cameras with no visible signs of the marital distress that tabloids have been buzzing about recently. The two singers entertained the crowd at the end of the night. Lopez introduced Anthony after making a pitch for the new president. “Yes we can,”
