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Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 2)

Michael Sigman | Posted 12.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Andrew Loog Oldham, Ian Dury, Cyberfrequencies, John Rabe, Beatles, Silver Brazilians, Nancy Fierro, Rolling Stones, Smokey Robinson, Kinks, Noisettes, Ronnettes, Charles Phoenix, David Mellon, Nadia Boulanger, Barney Bubbles, Entertainment News
Michael Sigman

British New Waver Ian Dury's keen wit, social criticism and generosity of spirit inspires the following reasons for cheer during this tough holiday season.

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From Philly to Cleveland: A Conversation With Daryl Hall & John Oates

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Bill Vorndick, Live From Daryl's House, Christopher Bond, Hall & Oates, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Family Guy, Animal House, Jimmy Wayne, T-Bone Wolk, Bernard Purdie, Janna Allen, Daryl Hall, Patrick Stump, Todd Sharp, The Beatles, Rachael Ray, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, (500) Days of Summer, Gossip Girl, Les Paul, Jeremy Holiday, New Victoria Theatre, Rob Santos, Uptown Theater, The Everly Brothers, Sight & Sound, Chromeo, Travis Mccoy, Mike Henry, Thom Bell, Gamble & Huff, Todd Rundgren, The Mad Lad, Playboy, Matt Nathanson, The Carpenters, Arif Mardin, KT Tunstall, Seth MacFarlane, Cleveland, Sara Allen, Gene Paul, Rock Band, Entertainment News, Nick Lowe, Fall Out Boy, Arianna Huffington, Grammy Award, Mick Rock, The Fab Four, John Oates, Plain White T's, Gym Class Heroes, Smokey Robinson, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

I spoke to the most successful pop duo in music history on their new four-disc box set and their roles on the Cleveland Show.

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Compact Reviews of This Week's Compact Discs, for Those Who Still Care #7

Sal Nunziato | Posted 10.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Joe Cocker, Santana, Los Lonely Boys, Todd Rundgren, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Flaming Lips, Bob Dylan, The Doors., Nellie Mckay, The Beatles, James McMurtry, Rock Hdson, Doris Day, Wayne Coyne, Tony Joe White, Eddie Kendricks, David Ruffin, Smokey Robinson, Entertainment News
Sal Nunziato

Not sure if it's me, Sony, or Bob Dylan, but someone is out of their mind. It's hard to listen Dylan squawking "Adeste Fideles" with the finesse of Lyle Alzado and not laugh just a little.

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An Interview with Dan Zanes, Plus Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson, Smokey & Santana, and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Children's Music, Santana, Michael McDonald, india.arie, Scarlett Johansson, Pete Seeger, Dan Zanes, Woody Guthrie, Razor & Tie, Michael Jackson, The Beatles, Pete Yorn, Entertainment News, Joss Stone, Leadbelly, Phil Collins, Justin Timberlake, Free Willy, The Del Fuegos, The Irish Tenors, Smokey Robinson, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

With the new DVD release The Fine Friends Are Here!, Dan Zanes and Friends present colorful music and images that are not just for children, but also for the big kid in all of us.

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An Interview With Janis Ian Plus This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Inner Circle, The O'Jays, Imogen Heap, The Adventures, Janis Ian, Cate Bros., Rubicon, Daryl Hall & John Oates, The Beach Boys, Woody Guthrie, Eric Burdon, REO Speedwagon, Otis Redding, Now That's What I Call Country, Matt Hires, Mark Schultz, Jack Ingram, Smile Empty Soul, Roy Hargrove, Billy Ocean, Cheap Trick, Rory Gallagher, David Guetta, Stefon Harris & Blackout, Michael Bolton, Queen Latifah, Matisyahu, Robert Glasper, The Roy Hargrove Big Band, Cass Elliot, Neil Diamond, The Casualties, Roberta Gambarini, Patton Oswalt, George Benson, Elvis Presley, Phil Stacey, Tim Buckley, Delores O'Rioran, Carmen Appice, The Mamas & the Papas, Al Jarreau, The Old Grey Whistle Test, Entertainment News, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, The Dukes, Paul Revere & the Raiders, 16 Horsepower, Collective Soul, Fun., Alan O'Day, Pilot, Now That's What I Call Music, Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Roy Orbison, The Bloody Beetroots, Felix Da Housecat, Teddy Pendergrass, The Subdudes, James Carter, Adam Ant, Colbie Caillat, Arctic Monkeys, Jeff Golub, Jackie DeShannon, Island Records, Fame, Woodstock, Sounds of Blackness, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Smokie Norful, Irma Thomas, Mew, Tanya Stephens, Brian Bromberg, Willie Nelson, Jack Wagner, The New City Ramblers, Mott the Hoople, Love and Theft, New Releases, Deryl Dodd, Cross Country, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Nat King Cole, Kenny G, Jet, Niti Sawhney, Vander Graaf Generator, Sally Shapiro, John Denver, Jason Aldeean, Smokey Robinson, Taking Woodstock, Vandaveer, Najee, Selah, Needtobreathe, Latoya, Strawbs, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The Advocate, Lgbt, Sony Legacy, Verve Records, Roberta Flack, Leonard Bernstein, Grammy, Ang Lee, Atlantic Records, Jerry Wexler, Gramma Awards, Saturday Night Live, Wbai, Wnew, Miami Vice, Dar Williams, Birthers, Fox News, Cher, Teabaggers, Joan Baez, Glen Campbell, Mel Torme, Death Panel, Nina Simone, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Janis Ian is one of the Woodstock era's unsung musical heroes who, just two years prior to the Bethel Bash, shocked our nation with her controversial single "Society's Child."

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An Interview with Raphael Saadiq Plus This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: New Orleans, Albert King, The Four Tops, Duffy, Raphael Saadiq, Earth Wind & Fire, Motown Records, Whitney Houston, Second Line, Stevie Wonder, Nba, Joss Stone, Funk, Brian Grant, Katrina, Reggae, Dark Side of the Moon, Stax Records, CJ Hilton, Motown, Anthony Hayes, John Legend, Tony! Toni! Toné!, Bob Marley, Louisiana, Stax, Erykah Badu, Mary J. Blige, The Roots, Gospel, Lionel Richie, Amy Winehouse, The Funk Brothers, The Bee Gees, D'Angelo, Jimmy Cliff, Macy Gray, Paul Riser, Young Spodie, Entertainment News, Jack Ashford, Youtube, Pink Floyd, Shia LeBeouf, Snoop Dogg, Smokey Robinson, Seal, Marvin Gaye, Q-Tip, Babyface, Ludacric, Third Eye Blind, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Though his latest album The Way I See It was released last year, Saadiq still is touring pretty much non-stop. He took a quick break from his schedule for this interview.

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Honk if You Love . . . Smokey Robinson

David Wild | Posted 08.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Rolling Stone, Michael Jackson, Berry Gordy, Norah Jones, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, Entertainment News
David Wild

The very idea of Smokey Robinson singing Norah Jones' "Don't Know Why" is almost too perfect in theory. In reality, it's much better than that.

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It Was Motown Week on American Idol

Ken Levine | Posted 04.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: American Idol Recap, Simon Cowell, American Idol Motown, Paula Abdul, American Idol, Smokey Robinson, Entertainment News
Ken Levine

Who hates Scott McIntyre so much that they let him walk out on stage in pink pants? I mean, that's the kind of prank you reserve for Hitler.

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Folkin' Around with Benjamin Taylor, His Dad James, Dar Williams and That Guy Mark Erelli

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.27.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: New Orleans, Simon Draper, Keith Urban, Kate Markowitz, Jimmy Johnson, Michael Landau, Cd, Hudson River, Grey Zeien, Glen Campbell, Mark Erelli, Joan Baez, Kathy Feighery, Daryl Hall, Coal Miners, Matthew Kinney, Aidan Draper, Livingston Taylor, John Mayer, Bill Mumy, The Temptations, Naras, Folk, Val Clark, Carly Simon, Stephen Robinson, Dar Williams, Marshall Crenshaw, John Anderson, Kung Fu, Sally Taylor, Grammy Awards, David Lasley, Folk-Rock, Simon & Garfunkel, Entertainment, RIchard Bruce, Suzanne Vega, Jamie Cullum, David Saw, Lou Marini, New York, Benjamin Taylor, Digipak, Christopher Albert, Barry Mann, Greg Leisz, Leonard Cohen, Muscle Shoals, Musician Magazine, Marnie Hillsley, The Dixie Chicks, Joni Mitchell, Steve Gadd, Arnold McCuller, James Taylor, Jimmy Webb, Smokey Robinson, Mississippi River, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

"Buzzer" is the album's most complex and surreal recording. It is an edgy piece crafted around her character's life choices and their results.

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