For “808s & Heartbreak”‘s third video, Kanye West has enlisted the help of labelmate Rihanna. The singer has made a few public appearances since her alleged beating at the hands of boyfriend Chris Brown (whose recent video blog touting his new album I won’t dignify with more than a sentence here), but this is the first connection to a musical event she’s had since the Brown incident. I can’t say that the video makes a […]
What is it with neo-soul singers and their long-ass vacations? D’Angelo’s been missing since 2000. Maxwell just returned after an eight-year break. Let’s not even get into Lauryn Hill. But at least we know where these people are and what they’re up to. Canadian R&B singer/songwriter Remy Shand came onto the scene in 2001, blessed us with one album, and then fell into a musical Bermuda triangle of sorts, never to be heard from again.
Shand’s […]
When she debuted ten years ago with the pop confection “Candy”, no one thought Mandy Moore had any legitimate staying power. Yet here she is, kicking off her second decade in the biz. Of course, in that time she’s evolved from a teenybopper pop artist into a folk-influenced adult pop singer. Her new album, “Amanda Leigh” (the title is her given first and middle name) comes out today, and it’s the follow up to 2007’s […]