Posts Tagged ‘music’
Only reviewed a couple albums for M this month: the collaboration between Ben Folds and British novelist Nick Hornby, and the latest from legend Liza Minnelli.
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sara bareilles q&a
M Music & Musicians‘ September/October issue is hot off the presses, featuring my Q&A with Sara Bareilles. I enjoyed her total candor about how nerve-wracking the process of following up a successful record can be, though I think the sophomore Kaleidoscope Heart more than lives up to her debut. And her live show last Friday at […]
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belinda carlisle q&a
I traveled a ton this summer, but luckily I had some great stuff to read, including Go-Go’s lead singer Belinda Carlisle’s very candid memoir, Lips Unsealed. After devouring the book, I got the chance to talk to Belinda about it in a Q&A for M.
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Back when I was a copy editor at Country Weekly, we published an essay on 9/11 by Rosanne Cash, who lives in Manhattan. It was a gorgeous piece of prose, and so too is her first memoir, Composed. Check out my review of the book, and also my take on Broadway and 30 Rock actress […]
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indigo girls q&a
1200 Curfews, the Indigo Girls’ 1995 live double CD, was a staple in the stereo of the 1986 Dodge Lancer I drove during high school. So it was fun to do this Q&A with Amy Ray and Emily Saliers about their new live album, Staring Down the Brilliant Dream, and how they’ve changed in the last […]
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jewel q&a
Jewel was one of the first celebrities I ever interviewed, way back in 2006 when I had just started freelancing. It was fun to talk to her again for this Q&A in the June issue of M. She’s incredibly articulate about her music-making process — which I appreciated then and now!
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summer music festival guide
While the record industry struggles to make ends meet, the live music business continues to boom. I sifted through a wide variety of summer concert options — from fairs to festivals, folk to funk — to compile this guide for M Music & Musicians. Also included: a Q&A with Bonnaroo founder Ashley Capps.
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Hot off the presses: the May issue of M Music & Musicians, featuring my reviews of Court Yard Hounds, the latest from Mary Chapin Carpenter and Glee: The Power of Madonna.
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