Sade is one of those artists (excuse me, BANDS) whose legend and mystery grows with each album. Folks who listened to good pop and R&B may have taken them for granted back in the day, but their extended absences from the music scene (and the fact that they just don’t make music like they used to anymore) have ultimately resulted in people appreciating them a lot more. Sade’s last album, 2000’s “Lovers Rock” went multi-platinum […]
Young folks might be the coveted consumers when it comes to most advertising campaigns, but this week’s Billboard Album Charts prove that it’s the grown-ups who are spending the money. Last week’s champion Susan Boyle spends a second week on top, adding another 527,000 copies to a two-week haul of 1.2 million. To put that in more eye-popping terms, after only two weeks, Boyle has the 10th best selling album of 2009.
Right behind Boyle is […]
I was way too young to be affected by John Lennon’s death when it happened. I was 4 at the time, and pretty unable to grasp the concept of death, never mind the fact that I don’t think I knew what a Beatle was until I saw “Yellow Submarine” on TV maybe a year later.
Nearly three decades later, Lennon’s death is keenly felt, not only for the fact that he was an excellent songwriter and […]