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PUBLIC MARKS from bhartzer with tags music & tuesday

05 February 2008

Voxant Newsroom Blog: Music Tuesday: Bebel Gilberto

As I ve said before, I m a huge fan of Brazilian music. Whether it s samba, bossa nova, forró or funk. I love the energy of their music, and infectious nature of Brazilian songs which enables you to get swept away.

09 January 2008

Taylor Hicks gets the boot

It looks like winning American Idol is of no benefit to the winner. News reports came out today that the 2006 winner of American Idol has been let go by his record label J Records. Ruben Studdard, the second season winner of American Idol, was also dropped by J Records. Oh, and Kelly Clarkson, the first winner of AI, had a flop album released in 07. Yesterday s winner is tomorrow s loser.

20 December 2007

Voxant Newsroom Blog: Music Tuesday: Mary J. Blige talks about her quot;Growing Pains quot;

Forget what you heard, Mary J. Blige is the real survivor. The trail-blazing singer started out on the music scene a troubled soul back in 1992, when she released her classic debut, quot;What s the 411? quot; She had an attitude, a chip on her shoulder and she pointedly talked about her disappointments in life.