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  • New Springsteen: The Boss is “Workin’ on a Dream”

    I don’t know about you guys, but I thought Magic was the best Springsteen album in quite some time. He and The E Street Band sounded completely energized, so with the official announcement that he is releasing a new album, I find myself excited about a new Bruce album for probably the first time in my life (I was a kid when Born in the U.S.A. and Tunnel of Love came out, so I appreciated those retroactively). The album is called Workin’ on a Dream, it’s being released on January 27th just in time for Bruce’s performance on the Super Bowl, and it will again be produced by Brendan O’ Brien, who helmed Magic. Here’s an acoustic performance of the title track. I like it…let us know what you think.

  • Boz Tackles The Standards Again…And You Can Win a Copy!!!

    For forty years now, the man born William Royce Scaggs has been using his creamy voice on everything from bluesy rock to smooth jazzy sounds to funk. While most famous for 1976’s Silk Degrees and the hit single Lowdown, Scaggs has continued recording throughout the years,dabbling in his usual mix of genres.

    Boz’s latest album, Speak Low, finds the singer tackling standards ranging from Do Nothing Till You Hear from Me to Dindi. We have a copy of Speak Low available for giveaway. All you have to do is answer this one question.

    What Grammy-winning band backed Boz Scaggs for much of his smash album Silk Degrees? Was it…

    a) Earth, Wind & Fire
    b) Journey
    c) Toto

    Send your responses to musicpublisher@consumerhelpweb.com and a winner will be chosen at random on Friday, November 21st.

  • Whoooooooooo!: MHW Live Blogs The TRL Finale

    So it’s not an awards show per se, but tonight is the night MTV says goodbye to Total Request Live (or TRL as it’s more popularly known). While the right way to send it off would be to play 1/4 of a video, have some obnoxious kid screaming over it, and feature lots of “whooooooooo!”s, they are sending the show off with a 2 1/2 hour special that’s sure to feature some serious star power. I have selflessly decided to sit through this event with my trusty bag of sour cream and onion Ruffles (Frito-Lay, y’all need to pay up). Worst comes to worse, it should be interesting. I will suspend my Jackson alert for this particular event (ironically, just as some video footage of Michael standing on top of a car (relax, it’s from 2001) pops up on the screen).

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