When we think of the kind of pop stars that thrive on periodic self-reinvention, we generally think of women. Madonna, of course, is the mother superior reinventer, but it’s basically a fact of life for even a minor female pop star that you don’t wear the same look twice and personae should be changed as often as underwear. You know – to stay fresh and stuff.
We don’t think this way about […]
Bruce Springsteen’s latest single is called “We Take Care of Our Own”. The first single from his forthcoming album Wrecking Ball (due out March 6), it’s been out for about a month now, but it got a boost earlier this week when Springsteen and the E Street Band opened the Grammy Awards broadcast with a rousing performance of it – I believe (could be wrong here), the first televised appearance by the band since the […]
As we saw on Sunday night at the Grammys, when she did a duet with Alicia Keys in tribute to the late Etta James, Bonnie Raitt’s just got one of those ageless, unchanging voices – it’s comfort food for the ears: homey, understated, and warm. But it wasn’t just a wonderfully random thing that she showed up to perform on the industry’s biggest night. Bonnie’s got a new album coming out, set for […]