West Africa produced many outstanding releases during the noughties, but the Malian singer's stark and haunting album was the most remarkable By normal industry standards, waiting until you're 53 to make the best album of your career is perhaps leaving it a bit late. But then not much about Salif Keita's story is normal. Was it a blessing or a curse for this Malian teenager – already singled...
Last week, inspired by both Lady Gaga and Beyoncé collaborations “Video Phone (Remix)” and “Telephone,” we started collecting your top telephone-oriented songs. After tallying the votes, Tommy Tutone’s phone number anthem and perennial prank call victim “867-5309/Jenny” was dialed in as our winner, beating out tracks by Beck, the Replacements and Lou...
By: David SchultzThe Eighties proved to be an awkward era. Not only did it give us the Safety dance, purple rain, luftballons, the moonwalk, Wang Chung and Terence Trent D’Arby, it’s the decade that gave us the phrase “Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto.” In addition to cringeworthy fashion statements like suits with pastel-colored T-shirts and teased, feathered hair for both men and...
Mariah Carey’s sales over at the UK haven’t been doing so great. She has recently announced that she is working again with aging pop band Westlife. The last time she worked with them was with her last number one single in the UK – a cover of Phil Collins’ “Against All Odds (Take A Look [...]
One of the problems with short-term memory loss is that you forget that your short-term memory loss has made you forget that you went up to the local supermarket last Friday & discovered it full of elderly folk, many of whom were doing their obligatory filial duty & taking their even more elderly sole surviving parent—almost always female—for their weekly shopping trip. The aisles...
Last week was all about a cry for help. This time we want you to suggest songs about reaching maturity Sometimes I feel like a motherless child. Particularly when my mum is on the phone telling me off for not remembering my aunt's birthday. Fortunately, that only happens once a year, the rest of the time my mother and I are very close. Too close, some might say. B that as it may ... Buff Saint Marie...
So there's been plenty of coverage of Labour's latest Party Political Broadcast, which was the misbegotten child of a grass-roots campaign among Labour activists. On Twitter it was pushed by the eager, if misguided, Ellie Gellard and many others, and was supported by Eddie Izzard and John Prescott . I'll leave the factual inaccuracies of the broadcast - of which there are many - to o thers with a...
PHIL COLLINS has become a grandfather for the first time - his daughter JOELY is a new mum.The former Genesis star flew to Canada last month (Oct09) when he heard the 37...
Sandra Bullock gathered her on- and off-screen families together in NYC last night for a screening of The Blind Side . Her husband Jesse James was out showing his support for both Sandra's film and her return to dark hair . Tim McGraw plays Sandra's better half in the movie, and he posed for photos with his own wife Faith Hill. Many of you didn't seem too excited about seeing the screen adaptation...
Tommy Bolin usually plays with a raw level of excitement that sets his music on fire, however, this particular cut is one of his more mellow tracks. “Savannah Woman” features Bolin on guitar, Prairie Prince (Tubes) on drums, Phil Collins on percussion, and Paul Stallworth on bass. A short but sweet tune flavored with a [...]
Fed head Bullard made noises about not raising rates until..wait for it, 2012! huh? the US Dollar dxy drops under 75 in reaction and Goooold back on a tear, another record $1150.50 an oz.. you know what that means….it’s Bassey time!!! Courtesy of sveta14: Queen’s Golden Jubilee. 3 june 2002, Phil Collins on the drums Posted in Economy, Finance, Obama Administration, [...]
Just before the Interlull Arsene Wenger said: Traditionally November has not been a good month for us. But I explain that by the fact we had more injuries, it is the first period when they kick in. Way to tempt fate, Arsene! I think he was probably referring to injuries that would occur through wear and tear. A calf strain here, a hamstring there, perhaps a little tweak of the groin along the way....
From a Phil Collins tribute act to preaching in America’s Bible belt, Liam Moore tells Greg O’Keeffe about his latest passion - uniting troubled communities in his home city
CHICAGO (Billboard) –Genesis keyboardist Tony Banks isn't taking his tuxedo to the dry cleaner yet. But he's hoping that the British prog rockers, who are on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ballot for the first time, wind up collecting trophies at the March 15 induction ceremony in New York City. "It'll be great if it does happen," Banks tells Billboard.com, "but I can't really tell whether we're going...
CHICAGO (Billboard) –Genesis keyboardist Tony Banks isn't taking his tuxedo to the dry cleaner yet. But he's hoping that the British prog rockers, who are on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ballot for the first time, wind up collecting trophies at the March 15 induction ceremony in New York City. "It'll be great if it does happen," Banks tells Billboard.com, "but I can't really tell whether we're going...
CHICAGO (Billboard) –Genesis keyboardist Tony Banks isn't taking his tuxedo to the dry cleaner yet. But he's hoping that the British prog rockers, who are on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ballot for the first time, wind up collecting trophies at the March 15 induction ceremony in New York City. "It'll be great if it does happen," Banks tells Billboard.com, "but I can't really tell whether we're going...
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