You have to hand it to Il Divo, or rather, black-fitted T-shirt aficionado Simon Cowell.
The internationally successful operatic pop quartet and their internationally successful manager/creator know how to keep things in their (luxuriously decorated) wheelhouse. A Musical Affair, the ...
Described as Germany's answer to Norah Jones, singer/songwriter Annett Louisan's 2004 debut album Boheme is
an eclectic combination of folk, blues, and jazz. Produced by Frank Ramond (Udo Lindenberg), and written by Hardy Kayser and Matthias Hass, its 13 chansons ...
Here is Vince Guaraldi's breakthrough album -- musically, commercially, in every which way. After numerous
records as a leader or sideman, for the first time a recognizable Guaraldi piano style emerges, with whimsical phrasing all his own, a madly swinging ...
In a post-millennium music market, most teen pop personalities are compared to Miley Cyrus before
they are compared to Celine Dion. However, Montreal's Nikki Yanofsky's mastered range and voice certainly liken her more to the latter: not to say that ...
Listeners with even a passing familiarity with Norah Jones' fine official debut, Come Away With
Me, will be captivated by First Sessions; for an artist making her earliest attempts at studio recording, Jones is remarkably assured and mature on these ...
Perhaps a bit more conscious of contemporary soul trends than her previous Philips albums, this
is still very characteristic of her mid-'60s work in its eclectic mix of jazz, pop, soul, and some blues and gospel. Hal Mooney directs some ...