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A Hit Single and the Heart-Wrenching Story Behind it

Claudia Ricci | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Jacob Slichter, Dan Wilson, Music, Closing Time, Music Recording, Semisonics, Entertainment News
Claudia Ricci

I had long known and loved the song, "Closing Time," and then, when I reconnected with a dear friend, the amazing poet Suzanne Wise, this past fall, I got to meet Jacob Slichter, the drummer from the band, Semisonic, that did the song.

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Illuminations: A Conversation With Josh Groban, Plus Dave Barnes, Hilary Scott & Jennifer Love Hewitt's New Video

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Smokey Hormel, Lester Mendez, Kerry Ellis, Dan Wilson, Tim Rice, Rick Rubin, Johnny Cash, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Matt Sweeney, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, Chess, Dixie Chicks, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Rufud Wainwright, David Campbell, Hilary Scott, Dave Barnes, Metallica, Josh Groban, Fiance, Lady Antebellum, Emma Stone, Guy Oseary, Spooner Oldham, Adam Pascal, Thad Crockwell, Maxim Mostom, Nick Cave, Idina Menzel, Carlinhos Brown, Glee, Julianne Moore, Grammy Awards, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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Beyond Dirty Dancing & Semisonic: Conversations with Dan Wilson and Franke Previte

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Parsons College, Dirty Dancing, Cousin Brucie, Rivers Cuomo, Josh Groban, Sweat & Tears, Millennium Records, Weezer, Three Dog Night, RCA Records, Fleetwood Mac, Bull Angus, Gladys Knight, Rachel Yamagata, The Oxford Watch Band, Tony Camillo, Franke Previte, Adele, Lions Gate, Tico Torres, Rick Rubin, Bill Medley, Terence Blanchard, Rod Stewart, Blood, KT Tunstall, John Lennon, The Earls, Rolling Stone, The Dixie Chicks, The Bottom Line, Patrick Swayze, Art Blakey, The Righteous Brothers, Jason Mraz, Court Yard Hounds, Keith Urban, Franke & the Knockouts, Eleanor Bergstein, The Bravery, Kenny Ortega, Twilight: Eclipse, Bon Jovi, Trip Shakespeare, Gabe Dixon, Woodstock, Deep Purple, Jennifer Warnes, The Rasberries, Eric Carmen, Branford Marsalis, Art Blake's Jazz Messengers, Dan Wilson, Wnew, Tommy Tutone, Buddah Records, Twilight, Paul Rodgers, Jimmy Ienner, Semisonic, Bob Dylan, Rachele Cappelli, Joseph Cerisano, Bennie Grammatico, Lou Gramm, Vestron Pictures, Sam Endicott, Chilliwack, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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HuffPost Review: The Steve Miller Band's Bingo!, Plus A Conversation With Griffin House

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Rob Schneider, Griffin House, Steve Miller, Alison Krauss, Carla Thomas, Neil Young, Woody Guthrie, Dallas, Ben Kweller, Otis Redding, Billy Bragg, Bobby Ewing, Pete Finch, George Thorogood, One Tree Hill, Charlie Mars, Golf Digest, Steve Miller Band, B B King, Bp, Danny Clinch, Dan Wilson, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Friday Night Lights, Wilco, Blues, Tom Petty, Sonny Charles, Lil' Son Jackson, Entertainment News, Esquire, Robert Plant, Norton Buffalo, Dierks Bentley, Bruce Springsteen, Semisonic, Ryan Adams, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Bingo! re-establishes Miller as that Chicago blues-y guy, tackling ten standards that might as well be his own. George Thorogood certainly should be looking over his shoulder.

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HuffPost Reviews: Leonard Cohen - Live In London / Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! / Nickel Creek's Sara Watkins - Sara Watkins

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Linda Ronstadt, Dino Soldo, Richard Thomspon, John Paul Jones, The Chieftains, Jimmie Rogers, Tim O'Brien, Cylon, Capitol Records, Dave Rawlings, Battlestar Galactica, Neil Diamond, Kris Kristofferson, Led Zeppelin, Robbie Robertson, Bela Fleck, The McGarrigle Sisters, Sean Watkins, New Wave, Sara Watkins, Benmont Tench, Punk, Leonard Cohen, Gillian Welch, U2, Warner Bros Records, Bow Wow Wow, Entertainment News, Rickie Lee Jones, Bill Adama, Joni Mitchell, Jeff Buckley, Bob Metzger, Pop, O2 Arena, The Webb Sisters, Chrissie Hynde, Adidas, The Strokes, Kate Voegle, Bob Wills, Paul Simon, Chris Eldridge, Sharon Robinson, Edie Brickell, Rock, Nickel Creek, Nick Zinner, Rafael Bernardo Gayol, Steve Lillywhite, Rayna Gellert, Ronnie McCoury, The Louvin Brothers, Jon Mark, White Stripes, Alex Woodard, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Elektra Records, Bob Marley, Dan Wilson, Chris Thile, Javier Mas, Avenue C, Karen O, Laura Roslin, Roscoe Beck, Alternative, Bob Dylan, New York City, Tom Waits, Emmylou Harris, John Hartford, Chris Rea, Ben Lee, Jon Brion, Annabella, Svengali, I-Threes, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Leonard's voice really has grown better over the years, Yeah Yeah's new album is 42 minutes of electronically retro-licious pop, and Sara Watkins is as a serious lyricist with a mission.

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