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Janet Jackson, don't you ever leave us again

Friday, 16 October 2015, 16:54 Last update: about 10 years ago

"It was in summer that you left me, the fall and winter never felt so cold, and Lord knows words can never express it, life feels so empty I miss you much," Janet Jackson sings about her late brother,...

From Stones to solo album: Keith Richards making moves

Thursday, 15 October 2015, 16:51 Last update: about 10 years ago

Keith Richards had a goal when he was readying the release of his first solo album in two decades: Get his Rolling Stones bandmates excited about recording their own music. "(The band is) going...

Fetty Wap is melodic, but lacks depth on debut album

Wednesday, 14 October 2015, 16:47 Last update: about 10 years ago

Fetty Wap spring-boarded into mainstream success before releasing an album with the Top 10 pop hits "Trap Queen," ''679" and "My Way." With that success, most wondered if the 24-year-old rapper-singer...

'Cold Beer Conversation' is vintage George Strait

Tuesday, 13 October 2015, 16:40 Last update: about 10 years ago

George Strait - the old-school, traditional, consistent, semi-retired Country Music Hall of Fame member - might be the last person anyone would expect to join the trend-conscious movement of stars...

Teatru Astra announces La Boheme cast

Monday, 12 October 2015, 16:17 Last update: about 10 years ago

Spearheaded by conductor Joseph Vella and stage director Enrico Stinchelli, Teatru Astra has staged, year in and year out, refreshing and compelling opera productions that grace the finest and most...

Malta International Choir Festival launched

Monday, 12 October 2015, 15:51 Last update: about 10 years ago

The Malta Tourism Authority supported by the Ministry for Tourism will be organising another edition of the Malta International Choir Festival, between 29 October and 1 November. The festival will...

Tamar Braxton brings more than good vocals to album

Sunday, 11 October 2015, 17:12 Last update: about 10 years ago

Tamar Braxton is not playing around. The three-time Grammy nominee's third studio album, "Calling All Lovers," is seriously good - a reminder that while her outsized personality might bring the...

Luciana Souza does away with lyrics on new album

Saturday, 10 October 2015, 17:10 Last update: about 10 years ago

Luciana Souza has always emphasized her skills as an interpreter of lyrics - whether singing Brazilian bossa nova classics in her native Portuguese or American jazz standards in her adopted...

Jim Lauderdale gets rootsy on double album

Friday, 9 October 2015, 17:09 Last update: about 10 years ago

Jim Lauderdale's "Hee-Haw" humor and sycophantic shtick on his SiriusXM radio show make it easy to underestimate him as a songwriter. Don't. Lauderdale, a two-time Grammy winner, may not...

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