January 2013
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December 2012
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November 2012
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October 2012
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“America never liked Josephine Baker. Above all, they resented that she left...”
– Dorothy Dandridge on Josephine Baker (via classicladiesofcolor)
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1985 Aimee Mann vs. 2012 Aimee Mann!
As evidenced in that Portlandia ep. she’s got good comedic chops…
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September 2012
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“Why You Listening To That White Sh-t?”
An excerpt from photographer, music writer and now author Laina Dawes’ cleverly written, brave, personal and yet incredibly relatable book - “What Are You Doing Here?: A Black Woman’s Life and Liberation in Heavy Metal”
Writing this book, I found other black women who had felt rejected by friends, family members, or their communities because of their musical...
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Hollywood actresses fed up with fluffy interview... →
“How do you keep so trim?”
“Do you plan to have kids any time soon?”
“Are you dating anyone at the moment?”
One could say the same for musicians, singer-songwriters and performers…
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August 2012
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Zoe Saldana takes over for Mary J. Blige as Nina...
So Adepero is really out of the running eh?
More rumors… but rumors are all we’ve got… over here —> (indiewire.com)
I love Zoe Saldana on screen and what she represents off-screen, but it just wouldn’t be the right casting - and what about the required singing chops? Does anyone know if anyone but Mary have them? 10 million dollars is a small budget and this...
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July 2012
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Phil Spector, Still in Jail, Still a Dick →
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Madonna's defunct school in Malawi to become... →
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Madonna at a ceremony to mark the start of construction of the Raising Malawi Girls’ Academy in Chinkhota in 2010. it never got built. Photograph: Nick Obank/Barcroft Media
When Madonna came here to cut a ribbon and plant a tree at a groundbreaking ceremony in 2009, hopes were high for her $15m (£9.4m) elite academy for girls. Three years later, the site looks like a...
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Audrey Pulvar becomes Editor-in-Chief of "Les... →
(article in French)
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lady album review roundup July 8 - 12th
Lianne La Havas Is Your Love Big Enough? (Warner Bros.)
It’s a voice that invites you in, and only the hardest heart will resist the offer. La Havas’ guitar work, meanwhile, is often superb. Her fingers pluck clean lines that shift from playfully atonal on the title track, through the très chic Parisian vibes of Au Cinema, to the palm-muted tension of angry break-up anthem Forget.(BBC Reviews)
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DO NOT WANT: Bougie Bands Using "Thug" and...
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Directed by Alex Southam, “Tesselate” is a twist on Italian Renaissance painter Raphael’s ‘The School of Athens’, set in a modern day gangster’s paradise. The incredible ‘Tessellate’ will be released on 16 July 2012 through Infectious Music. The track is lifted from their stunning debut album ‘An Awesome...
June 2012
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April 2012
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The Importance of dream hampton's QueenS video →
This article dissects and lays bear exactly how I feel about this video. Thank you Sara Bivigou for your eloquence!
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ONE MORE YEAR: Should we support musicians? →
bbyear:
This is the question posed and ignorantly responded to by self-proclaimed music expert, Michael Mann in his article, “Boo hoo, broke bands, quit asking for charity” for Vancouver’s Georgia Straight, April 11th:
Stop trying to get me to fund your fucking album with a Kickstarter campaign. Same…
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Azealia Banks signs to Lady Gaga's management →
She’s already signed to Interscope like Lady Gaga, but I didn’t see her taking on the same management.
Azealia Banks has also signed with Gaga’s manager, Troy Carter, the man once said to make 95 percent of Gaga’s business decisions yet only influence 5 percent of her creative choices.
I’m surprised she’d even go with a manager AT ALL considering her...
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January 2012
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Give Diane Cluck Money And She Will Write Many... →
Well lookie here: it has finally come to this. This is the way musicians are funding themselves now - sign of the times. My manager thinks this way of self-funding isn’t “classy” enough for her liking. Then again, she’s French and they have major class-issues when it comes to a musician’s visibility and public image. Diane Cluck is American and she’s a truly...
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The (blue collar) Black Keys vs. (upper crust)... →
Even though it made us talk about Nickelback again, recent comments made by the Black Keys’ Patrick Carney gave us something to think about with regards to class and the music we listen to and also class in relation to the music that is produced and publicized. Interesting article from the avclub.
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So what now, Lana del Rey? →
The internet exploded with spiteful commentary on Lana del Rey’s less-than-polished SNL performance this past weekend. Honestly, I don’t think it was her singing that was that bad as the general singing level for best selling artists has been sub par for quite some time. However, her stage presence is what shocked me most. From last year’s performance on Jools Holland:
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