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Not-So-Blue Velvet

Monday, 7 March 2016, 13:50 Last update: about 9 years ago

Nadine Axisa's jazz album 'Velvet' was released in 2014, and features 12 original compositions in the smooth jazz style and 38 musicians. The album received favourable reviews, including a...

Bonnie Raitt's album mines rockers, ballads, blues

Saturday, 5 March 2016, 16:14 Last update: about 9 years ago

Four years after her Grammy-winning "Slipstream," Bonnie Raitt lights up with passionate vocals, appetizing tunes and adventurous cover songs on "Dip In Deep," her 17th studio album. Raitt had a...

Dion extends his stay in the blues on latest CD

Friday, 4 March 2016, 16:13 Last update: about 9 years ago

Dion extends his stay in the blues neighborhood on "New York Is My Home," a style that comes naturally to the doo-wop legend. Paul Simon guests on the title track, insistent percussion driving...

Joey + Rory 'Hymns' speaks to power of music

Thursday, 3 March 2016, 16:12 Last update: about 9 years ago

Joey Martin, of the wife-and-husband duo Joey + Rory, opens the couple's gospel album with an a cappella rendering of the first two verses of "Precious Lord, Take My Hand." When her liquid alto...

Kanye West evolves again on 'TLOP'

Wednesday, 2 March 2016, 16:11 Last update: about 9 years ago

Some two decades ago, Prince re-named himself with an unpronounceable symbol and scrawled "SLAVE" on his cheek in a feud with Warner Bros Records. He spent lavishly on unreleased creative projects and...

Rick Springfield adds country chops to 'Rocket Science'

Tuesday, 1 March 2016, 16:09 Last update: about 9 years ago

Rick Springfield sprinkles the sounds of country music across his 18th album, with banjos, steel guitars and mandolins underpinning electric guitars and his energetic vocals on "Rocket...

Wynonna Judd reinvents herself with new release

Saturday, 27 February 2016, 14:54 Last update: about 9 years ago

Wynonna Judd has repeatedly reinvented herself since rising to country music stardom in her teens. Despite a career of high-water marks - including singing lead in the Judds, a duo with her mother...

Vince Gill's latest album shows artist at his best

Friday, 26 February 2016, 14:53 Last update: about 9 years ago

Perhaps Vince Gill highlights his Gibson ES-355_the guitar B.B. King made famous_in his new publicity photos and CD artwork for a reason. "Down To My Last Bad Habit," Gill's first album in four years,...

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