Soul music is about feeling, not perfection. Though I do listen to younger R&B singers, they generally don’t excite me like Aretha Franklin has during her long, lauded career. Though I love Mary J. Blige,…
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Melismania! The Art of Good Singing Has a Terrible Case of the Runs
I recently received a thoughtful email regarding my Stargayzing piece about Christina Aguilera’s musical identity crisis. In addition to expressing strong feelings about the relative aspects of what I perceive as Aguilera’s disappointing artistic trajectory,…
An Open Letter to Christina Aguilera Exposing the “Dirrty” Secret She Doesn’t Want You to Know
I will never forget the moment you turned to me and asked sincerely “have you ever heard of a singer named Blossom Dearie?” Dear Christina, How I hoped to never have to go public…
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