Stargayzing readers know that I may or may not have run into Rod Stewart on the A train last week. I was just letting go of the idea that I would never be able…
Year: 2012
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The Son Also Rises, Part Two: My Follow-Up Interview With Jason Gould
A version of this follow-up interview appears in the new issue of the U.K. magazine All About Barbra. I had first interviewed Jason Gould for Stargayzing just before the tour began. When I was asked…
12 Essential Holiday Recordings…(You’ve Probably Never Heard)
So here my Christmas gift to you, dear friends, because you’ve been so good all year: a carefully curated list of 12 Holiday Songs You’ve (Probably) Never Heard
Donna Summer’s “Christmas is Here” (and “Christmas Spirit”): 12 Holiday Songs You’ve (Probably) Never Heard, Day Eleven
11. Donna Summer, “Christmas is Here”/”Christmas Spirit” I feel Donna Summer’s spirit strongly at holiday time owing to her sublime Christmas Spirit holiday collection. Released in 1994, the album is a joyful combination of…
Bette Midler’s “Merry Christmas”: 12 Holiday Songs You’ve (Probably) Never Heard, Day Ten
If the world were fair and just, “Merry Christmas,” which was memorably performed in the film by Judy Garland with all of the customary pathos one would expect, would have joined the singer’s Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas, introduced a few years before in Meet Me in St. Louis, as a holiday standard.
12 Holiday Songs You’ve (Probably) Never Heard, Day Eight: Cyndi Lauper’s “Home on Christmas Day”
12 Holiday Songs…is part of a series. To read them in order: Day One: Sara Bareilles’ Love is Christmas 8. Cyndi Lauper, Home on Christmas Day Ah…Cyndi Lauper…where shall I begin? I…
12 Holiday Songs You’ve (Probably) Never Heard, Day Seven: Luther Vandross’ “Please Come Home For Christmas”
12 Holiday Songs…is part of a series. To read them in order: Day One: Sara Bareilles’ Love Is Christmas 7. Luther Vandross, “Please Come Home For Christmas” Luther Vandross was the Mel…
12 Holiday Songs You’ve (Probably) Never Heard, Day Six: Barbra Streisand’s “I Remember”
12 Holiday Songs…is part of a series. To read them in order: Day One: Sara Bareilles’ Love is Christmas 6. Barbra Streisand, I Remember Though neither Barbra Streisand nor the song’s composer, the venerated Stephen Sondheim,…
12 Holiday Songs You’ve (Probably) Never Heard, Day Five: Sufjan Stevens’ “Christmas In The Room”
12 Holiday Songs…is part of a series. To read them in order: Day One: Sara Bareilles’ Love Is Christmas 5. Sufjan Stevens, Christmas In The Room Detroit native Stevens is well-known to hipsters far…
Dolly Parton “Hard Candy Christmas”: 12 Holiday Songs You’ve (Probably) Never Heard, Day Four
4. Dolly Parton, “Hard Candy Christmas” In 1982 Dolly Parton starred with Burt Reynolds in the film adaption of the hit Broadway show The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas. I suppose it seemed like a good…
12 Holiday Songs You’ve (Probably) Never Heard, Day Three: Kenny Loggins’ “On Christmas Morning”
12 Holiday Songs…is part of a series. To read them in order: Day One: Sara Bareille’s Love is Christmas 3. Kenny Loggins, “On Christmas Morning” Kenny Loggins is certainly one of the most underrated…
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