Music

MSP Mag. reports in its October issue that Kanye West has taken Eau Claire native and Bon Iver frontman, Justin Vernon, to Hawaii to collaborate on West's new album. Awesome. It is obviously great to see any local (yes, Western Wisconsin is still considered to be local in my book) musician on his way to...
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Although I generally like her music, and have always been curious about her as a person, I was a bit reluctant to go to Monday's Lady Gaga show. As a rule of thumb, I don't do arena concerts put on by pop stars. They are typicallyoverpriced and it's just not my thing. But, I've...
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I love a good cover. Let me repeat, I love a good cover. For a cover to be good it must be unexpected and make me feel differently about the song than the original does. Sarah Bareilles' cover of Otis Redding's (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay does just that. Piano has long been...
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I may be a little late in discovering this song considering it was included on Jason Mraz's 2008 album, We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. I've always been a bit indifferent about Mraz, but this track has so much heat and passion behind it, I cannot help but love it.
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The next best of 2009 blog challenge topic I felt compelled to write about was the topic album of the year: What’s rocking your world? So, here it is, a few days late, but right on time in my world... the album(s) that rocked my 2009.
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