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The wow factor: with her first single up for a Brit Award and a new album soon to be released, Kate Bush is back in a big way. It's been a long wait, writes When I mentioned at a recent New Statesman editorial conference that I wanted to write about Kate Bush, who is preparing to release her first album for 12 years, colleagues responded with a mixture...(Continue Reading) Northern lights: Peter Conrad is dazzled by two new recordings of Scandinavian songs In Stockholm or Helsinki at this time of year, the sun sceptically peeps over the horizon in mid-morning, hovers at roof level for a while and hurts ......(Continue Reading)Faithful or foolish: the emergence of the "ironic cover album" and rock culture Introduction Through the 1980s and into the 1990s, American popular culture has been marked by an increasing tendency to utilize an ironic sensibility....(Continue Reading)Music's next wave: six artists poised for stardom - The Mix - Rene Marie - Anthony Hamilton - Kenna - Jason Moran - Santi White - Leela James RENE MARIE Who She Is: A self-taught singer from Virginia who didn't start singing professionally until she was in her forties. Her latest effort, ......(Continue Reading)Soozie Tyrell: White Lines. - sound recording review Treasure/Valley 15167 This is, amazingly, the debut album for the very talented, very seasoned Soozie Tyrell, currently on tour and on record with ......(Continue Reading)
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