Music
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Breakups and Breakdowns
There are several moments on Rihanna's new album Unapologetic in which the synthesizers sound as if they simply couldn't handle all the pressure and sputter...
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Birchmere Babes
''I like to say I went from being a Hag to being a Bitchin' Babe, which is clearly a promotion,'' jokes local singer-songwriter Debi Smith....
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Pop Symphony
Will Madonna one day turn her hits into three-chord punk-rock blasts? Might Katy Perry relaunch ''Firework'' – or ''I Kissed A Girl'' – as a...
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Operatic Obsession
''I've recently fallen in love with opera,'' says Alan Paul, conceding, ''I've been on an obsessive, opera-going mission over the last year.'' And he's not...
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Lovely Lianne
''Actually, I expected nothing and I was pleasantly surprised,'' says Lianne La Havas, when asked about her success as a singer-songwriter. Only 23 years old,...
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Lover's Return
''The ladies love me,'' Alice Smith says after being asked about gay fans. And why is that? ''It's because I'm sexy,'' the singer-songwriter says with...
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Pop Love
It's funny how freeing coming out can be. Though Mika only officially came out as gay a few months ago, after he had already completed...
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Babs Is Back
Barbra Streisand sounds as great and glorious as she did in her heyday on her new offering, Release Me. Of course, that's because most of...
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Rose Colored
''I always say I'm the president of the Bette Midler Changed My Life Club,'' jokes Amanda McBroom, who early in her career wrote ''The Rose.''...
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Funny Mann
For the record, Aimee Mann doesn't do windows. That's despite what you may have seen on Portlandia. In the IFC sketch comedy show, the rocker...
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Nina's Legacy
Meshell Ndegeocello isn't living in the past. She says the present is far better. ''I was reading the Nina Simone I Put A Spell...
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Pink Passion
Lady Gaga may be the reigning diva for many, or most, of those in the younger gay generation. But if they'll only reconsider, there is...
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Life and Deathfix
''I'm in good health,'' says Rich Morel, adding with a laugh, ''I'm going to make it through the weekend.'' Morel is in better health –...
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Watch Barbra Streisand’s new video, “I Think It’s Going to Rain Today”
Barbra Streisand’s new album Release Me drops on Tuesday, Oct. 9. The music video from “I Think It’s Going to Rain Today,” is available to...
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Passionate Feeling
Melissa Etheridge ends her new album 4th Street Feeling in a state of heat, plain and simple. ''I think I'm ready to try my hand...
