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Playlist: What Happened in Vegas? Kelly Clarkson Deep Cuts!

August 1, 2023

What Happened in Vegas? Kelly Clarkson Deep Cuts! On July 28th, the superstar singer-songwriter, inaugural American Idol, and daytime talk queen kicked off her first, long-awaited Las Vegas residency, “Chemistry: An Intimate Night With Kelly Clarkson” at Planet Hollywood’s Bakkt Theater. Across the ten-night run, Clarkson promises fans each night will be different, rotating certain songs in the setlist to perform

Featured·Kelly Clarkson·Music·Reviews

Kelly Clarkson’s Journey From “You” to “me”

Amid increasing suspense, layer upon layer – voice, organ, and then strings, Kelly Clarkson proclaims, “I’m always pleasing someone, honestly, now I’m done,” as her voice itself is stacked into a one-woman choir. Turns out, she’d actually been waiting a lifetime for a moment like this. Kelly Clarkson’s new single

Mariah Carey’s “Vision of Love” is the most influential vocal performance of all-time.

In May of 1990 Long Island native Mariah Carey “realized a dream,

Nippy is 60: Whitney Houston’s Greatest Live Performances

Whitney Elizabeth Houston lived a life that was akin to a Greek

Beyonce’s Renaissance: The 24 Hour Review

July 29, 2022

Beyoncé·Featured·Music·Now·Reviews

I’m not a patient man, but I’ve mellowed in my 30’s. In the heyday of leaks, I wasn’t the plug, but damn if I wasn’t the intermediary. I knew exactly where and when to find them. It was like clockwork. That was a good decade ago. Nowadays I don’t feel

Anastacia’s Freak Of Nature Was A Turning Point

June 18, 2022

Featured·In Depth·Music·Retrospectives

Anastacia was already an international sensation by the time I got my hands on her sophomore album Freak Of Nature, which came out in the United States on June 18, 2002. The album was released internationally 7 months earlier, and was a top ten album in over a dozen countries,

Aretha Franklin’s ‘Sweet Passion’ Yielded Mixed Results

May 19, 2022

Aretha Franklin·Featured·In Depth·Music·Retrospectives

Very little has been written about Aretha Franklin’s 1977 album Sweet Passion. Of the three most significant written accounts of Aretha’s life, none of them dedicate more than a paragraph to the album, focusing instead on her budding romance with second husband Glynn Turman and the resurgence she experienced with

The Electrifying Aretha Franklin: Aretha’s Sophomore Album

March 19, 2022

Aretha Franklin·Featured·In Depth·Retrospectives·Then

Most people have never heard Aretha Franklin’s sophomore album, 1962’s The Electrifying Aretha Franklin. The same goes for her debut album, 1961’s Aretha With The Ray Bryant Combo, and the half dozen albums that followed. Columbia Records did a knockout job of holding onto their recordings of Aretha Franklin, modestly

Cher’s ‘Living Proof’ Turns 20 – Retrospective

February 26, 2022

Featured·In Depth·Music·Retrospectives·Then

“The music’s no good without you baby, come back to me,” laments a haunting Cher. “The Music’s No Good Without You” is the lead single and international opener to her 2001 album Living Proof, which served as the commercial follow-up to 1998’s triumphant Believe. The song’s music video shows Cher

Review: ‘Good Morning Gorgeous’ by Mary J. Blige

February 21, 2022

Featured·Mary J. Blige·Music·Now·Reviews

For a while there, there was an upward trend in the life and catalog of Mary J. Blige. She seemed to transcend her biggest demons on No More Drama, find love on Love & Life, and begin navigating the pains of life beyond love on The Breakthrough and Growing Pains.

Review: ‘Night Call’ by Years & Years

February 1, 2022

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Have you ever listened to a record and truly felt seen? Like the lyrics are telling stories you’ve lived, experiences akin to your own, and fully and completely could represent you? For gay men, there’s historically been a lack of that in popular music. To supplement, we gravitate towards grandiose

Janet Jackson: Unbreakable, Now and Forever

January 27, 2022

Featured·In Depth·Janet Jackson·Music

Death of a King On June 25, 2009, news broke of Michael Jackson’s death, leaving fans and millions of mourners around the world in shock and disbelief. His sister Janet was at home in New York, ready to begin production on the sequel film, Why Did I Get Married Too?

Janet Jackson: The Naked Truth

January 25, 2022

Featured·In Depth·Janet Jackson·Music·Retrospectives

Janet Jackson’s career had been the golden standard up until one very famous performance, with another very famous singer, during the most famous sporting event of the year. Nipplegate The year was 2004. Janet Jackson was selected as the headline performer for the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show. The world

Aretha Franklin’s Young, Gifted and Black Turns 50

January 24, 2022

Aretha Franklin·Featured·In Depth·Retrospectives·Then

I was around 8 or 9 when I got my copy of Aretha Franklin’s Young, Gifted and Black. It arrived via one of the storied, long-defunct CD clubs (some do still exist but now exclusively push DVDs). For those who weren’t attune to those clubs, they would send alluring catalogs

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Playlist: What Happened in Vegas? Kelly Clarkson Deep Cuts!

Kelly Clarkson’s Journey From “You” to “me”

Mariah Carey’s “Vision of Love” is the most influential vocal performance of all-time.

Nippy is 60: Whitney Houston’s Greatest Live Performances

Beyonce’s Renaissance: The 24 Hour Review

Anastacia’s Freak Of Nature Was A Turning Point

Aretha Franklin’s ‘Sweet Passion’ Yielded Mixed Results

The Electrifying Aretha Franklin: Aretha’s Sophomore Album

Cher’s ‘Living Proof’ Turns 20 – Retrospective

Review: ‘Good Morning Gorgeous’ by Mary J. Blige

Review: ‘Night Call’ by Years & Years

Janet Jackson: Unbreakable, Now and Forever

Janet Jackson: The Naked Truth

Aretha Franklin’s Young, Gifted and Black Turns 50

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