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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A Conversation with Bridget Everett, the Outsider Who Is Redefining Cabaret Music for a New Generation
Half-way through the recent Joe’s Pub debut of Rock Bottom, Bridget Everett’s terrific new show which was written in collaboration with musical theater titans Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman (Hairspray, Smash), along with Adam “Ad-Rock”…
Wonder Woman Lynda Carter’s “Rock ‘n Roll” Fantasy Tribute to Bette Midler, Tina Turner, and KISS!
When I found this clip of statuesque Lynda Carter, known to the world as Wonder Woman, performing a tribute to Bette Midler, Tina Turner, and KISS from her 1979 TV variety special I was…
Bette Midler’s “Live At Last” and The Kreplach that Ate Ohio
In the best sense of the word, Bette Midler has always been a bit of a throwback, a link to a great tradition that has its spiritual roots in vaudeville, burlesque, and the smokey…
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
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.
Songs That Should Have Been Top-Ten Pop Hits, Volume 2
1. Anastacia, “Left Outside Alone” (2004): In 1999, Anastacia’s debut single, “I’m Outta Love,” and album, Not That Kind, were a spectacular success all over the world except in her native country, America, where the single did…
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