All posts by Andrew
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Album Review: “Nina Revisited… A Tribute To Nina Simone”
Love her? Then leave her. Nina Simone was, by all accounts, a musical pioneer. Her seamless integration of classical music into jazz, show tunes, blues,...
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How Mariah Carey’s first recorded cover, “I’ll Be There,” became her 6th #1
In 1992, a young Mariah Carey still had a lot of people to prove wrong. With two #1 albums, 5 #1 singles, and 2 Grammy...
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Lil’ Kim’s The Notorious K.I.M.: 15 Years Later
“This album I get to show my creativity, my versatility” – Lil’ Kim, 2000 After the death of The Notorious BIG in early 1997, the...
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“I Don’t Wanna Cry” … the ballad of Mariah Carey’s historical fourth #1
After the trifecta of “Vision of Love”, “Love Takes Time” and “Someday” all soaring to number one from her debut album, Mariah Carey finished out...
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Watch: Tamia promotes new album, Love Life, with secret show at SOB’s in NYC
R&B veteran Tamia celebrated 20 years in the music industry and her 6th album Love Life Monday night. She gave a secret performance, and Q&A session, at...
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Me. I Am Misunderstood… The Elusive Chronicles of Mariah’s ill-fated 14th studio album
Introduction In 2014, Mariah Carey released her fourteenth studio album, Me. I Am Mariah… The Elusive Chanteuse. Met with generally positive reviews, the album stands...
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Watch: Lauryn Hill and Jazmine Sullivan pay tribute to Nina Simone at the Apollo Theater
At the conclusion of the New York City premiere for Liz Garbus’s Nina Simone documentary, What Happened, Miss Simone? at the legendary Apollo Theater, a special...
