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Lucinda Williams on discovering Bob Dylan: 'This is what I want to do'
Pop & HissLucinda Williams pays tribute to Bob Dylan on the 'Chimes of Freedom' album benefiting Amnesty International. More than 80 artists have recorded Bob Dylan songs for the album being released Jan. 24.... -
Album review: Toby Keith's 'Bullets in the Gun'
Pop & HissToby Keith has a genuine gift for writing blue-collar scenarios full of imagery that's ready-made for music videos. Case in point: The new album's first single, “Trailerhood,” paints a scene of guys with beer guts and poker-playing old coots living...... -
Today's music pick: Nosaj Thing @ El Rey
Brand XOn “Drift,” his full-length debut, this Pasadena producer delivers an impressionistic but precise blur of tenebrous dub-step, glitch-hop and Warp Records electronica. Tonight he’s playing with chillwave producer Toro y Moi, and folktronic... -
Christmas music is in season
The bounty of new holiday albums is impressive -- little else is selling, the thinking seems to be, so let's see if Santa and Rudolph can salvage the end of the year. This year's batch is suitably diverse, many hurriedly assembled as a seasonal bonus...Tags: Wynonna Judd, Count Basie, Natural Resources, Santa Claus (fictional character), Katy Perry
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Album review: Tim McGraw's 'Southern Voice'
Pop & HissTim McGraw sharply criticized Curb Records about this time last year for issuing a third "greatest hits" collection from the country star rather than release this album, which sat on a shelf for nearly two years after it was completed....... -
Mary Travers dies at 72; folk singer performed with the trio Peter, Paul and Mary
Mary Travers, the clarion-voiced female third of the quintessential folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary whose harmony-laden recordings of politically minded songs by Bob Dylan and Pete Seeger ushered them to the top of the sales charts in the 1960s, died...Tags: Joan Baez, Obituaries, Folk (genre), Bob Dylan, Grammy Awards
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It's A Gray Area: Join us at O.C. Heritage Museum festival
Editor's note: Columnist Jim Gray announced last week that he is running for vice president as a Libertarian. This will be his last column until after the election. From 11 a.m. until about 7 p.m. June 2, we will have the second annual Heritage Music and...Tags: Museums, Orange County Superior Court, Politics, Concerts, Festive Events
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Have a good online security question?
The woman on the other end of the line was matter-of-fact. "Who is your favorite actor?" she asked.
I froze. Tom Hanks came immediately to mind — versatile, accomplished, serious — but is he my favorite? In truth, all other things being...Tags: Republican Party, Biography (genre), Concerts, Alec Baldwin, Primaries
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Riddle me this: What’s a good online security question?
Change of SubjectThis updated Thursday blog posting appeared in my Sunday print column The woman on the other end of the line was matter-of-fact. "Who is your favorite actor?" she asked. I froze. Tom Hanks came immediately to mind — versatile, accomplished,...... -
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20 Lehigh Valley concerts we're looking forward to (and a couple of others)
Lehigh Valley MusicI recently wrote about some upcoming shows at Musikfest Caf at SteelStacks that seem to be broadening the scope of acts that play there, including teen band Hot Chelle Rae, which this summer had the big hit “Tonight, Tonight.” Mat...... -
Top 3 Concerts of the Coming Week
Lehigh Valley MusicHere are the Top 3 Concerts of the Coming Week 1. DIANA ROSS If there’s anyone on the planet who questions how good a performer Diana Ross is, how about these accolades: In 1976, Billboard magazine chose her Female Entertainer......
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