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"Getting Better": A Playlist for President Obama on the Anniversary of Election Day

David Wild | Posted 11.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Van Morrison, President Obama, Ani Di Franco, Neil Diamond, Van Halen, Dionne Warwick, Election Day, Janet Jackson, Bee Gees, John Mayer, Abba, The Beatles. The Zombies, Dusty Springfield, U2, Death Cab for Cutie, Al Green, George Jones, Jack Johnson, Coldplay, Frank Sinatra, Guns N' Roses, Brad Paisley, Entertainment News
David Wild

Rome wasn't built in a day, and apparently the United States won't be completely rebuilt in a year either. But here's to things at least "Getting Better."

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Still Awesome After All These Years: An Interview With Producer Phil Ramone

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Eric Clapton, Brian Wilson, Kenny Loggins, Radio City Music Hall, Anne Murray, Pet Sounds, Paul McCartney, Kris Kristofferson, Paul Simon, The Beach Boys, George Martin, Danielle Evin, Stan Getz, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, Musicares, Billy Joel, Shelby Lynne, The Beatles, Dusty Springfield, Nikki Yonofsky, Dawn Langstroth, Phil Ramone, Ella Fitzgerald, Elton John, Joao Gilberto, Karen Carpenter, Burt Bacharach, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Over the years, this innovative producer and engineer has been at the board behind many classic records, earning fifteen Grammy awards.

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HuffPost Reviews: Hall & Oates, Baez & Dylan, Simon & Ondrasik, and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Rob Thomas, Steve Earle, Paul Simon, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Hall & Oates, Edie Brickell, Joan Baez, Daryl Hall, Harper Simon, Ben Nichols, Ben Gibbard, Roger McGuinn, Lou Reed, Built to Spill, David Crosby, Henry Gross, Robert Christgau, Travis Mccoy, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Twilight, John Ondrasik, Todd Rundgren, Jesse Jackson, Sean Lennon, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Death Cab for Cutie, Dusty Springfield, Entertainment News, John Denver, John Oates, Lucero, Har Mar Superstar, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Filled to the brim with radio staples like "Sara Smile," "Maneater," "Rich Girl," and about 25 other significant charters, Hall and Oates' new 74-track assembly truly is one of the best box sets ever released.

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The Inner Journey I Had To Take: Two Weeks Alone on a Cliff

Lea Lane | Posted 09.23.2009 | Living

Read More: New Brunswick Canada, Leo Kotke, Mel Torme, Widowhood, The Eagles, Relationships, Unplug and Recharge, Death, Traveling Alone, The Inner Life, Solo Travel, Bay of Fundy, Solitude, Dusty Springfield, Being Alone, The Balanced Life, Living News
Lea Lane

Why, I wondered, did I go on this solitary inner journey, farther than I had ever traveled, but within myself? To wash away pain? To prove my fortitude?

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The Best Original Movie Scores By Farr

John Farr | Posted 04.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dr. Zhivago, Goldfinger, The Bad and the Ugly, Henry Mancini, Pulp Fiction, Movie, Moviemaking, Breakfast at Tiffany's, John Barry, A Man and a Woman, Miklos Rozsa, Maurice Jarre, Bernard Herrmann, Son of a Preacher Man, David Raksin, The Good, Burt Bacharach, Movie Music, Nino Rota, Michel Legrand, Lawrence of Arabia, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Stuck in the Middle With You, The Magnificent Seven, Best Original Score, The Pink Panther, Elmer Bernstein, Gone With the Wind, The Thomas Crown Affair, Francis Lai, Ennio Morricone, Bob Dylan, Film Scores, Reservoir Dogs, American Graffiti, Max Steiner, Eric Wolfgang Korngold, James Bond, The Godfather, Movie Soundtracks, Dusty Springfield, Quentin Tarantino, The Godfather Part 2, Laura, Entertainment News
John Farr

Surveying the historical span of filmmaking, the use of original music appears more prevalent from the dawn of sound through the 1970s -- or perhaps it's just that the scores themselves were more memorable over this period.

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Giving Thanks To The Cover Song

Andrew Kronfeld | Posted 12.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Rock and Roll, Bob Dylan, Pop Music, Cover Songs, Music, Aretha Franklin, Dusty Springfield, Forgery, Art Forgery, Musical Influences, Oasis Wonderwall, Jimi Hendrix, Musical Homage, Entertainment News
Andrew Kronfeld

In most forms of art, the idea of copying implies a forgery and a criminal act. But the case is different with pop music, where a cover song is viewed as an homage to one's influences.

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