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By T. Michael Testi Unless you just returned from the space station or crawled from up under a rock, you no doubt know that the biggest story of the year is the release of the new book by J.K Rowling, Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows; The final chapter in the Harry Potter series.

By Rebecca Wright Maroon 5 didn’t really burst on to the international music scene. The band's first album, Songs about Jane, originally released in June 2002, the album finally broke into the top 100 on the Billboard charts in 2004 on the strength of such hit singles as “Harder to Breathe,” “Sunday Morning...

By Charlie Doherty On the somewhat jazzy "Where To Start," you can almost picture Harris's former fellow Grammy-winning collaborator Norah Jones - who remade his Ferdinandos-era cut "Don't Know Why" in 2002 into a worldwide hit - saying, "Jesse, I can jazz this one up a bit too, if you'd like." Violinist Jen...

By A.L. Harper Music Choice’s cable and satellite video-on-demand service reaches 23 of the top 25 markets nationwide. The digital and cable music radio networks cater to all musical genres with channels dedicated to everything from rock to rap, and country to classical. The online services are avail...

By Larry Sakin While Gazarek is a pleasure to listen to throughout, her backing band lifts the entire project to a heavenly jazz plane. Nelson, bassist Erik Kertes, drummer Matt Slocum and Grammy nominated bassist John Clayton sitting in the producer’s chair provide enticing instrumental arrangeme...

By Mike D'Orazio The 2005 Grammy Award winners took almost five whole years to completely their sophomore effort, the follow-up to 2002’s Songs About Jane. During those five years, co-founder and drummer Ryan Dusick left the group due to injuries suffered from touring. He was replaced by Matt Flynn, who g...

By Connie Phillips The album is also a follow-up to McCartney's critically praised and Grammy nominated Chaos and Creation in the Backyard. Though the album received many accolades, McCartney felt Capitol did not promote it as well as they could have and left the label. In a recent press release concerning M...

By Robert Burke Last year she received a Latin Grammy nomination for “Best New Artist” and was courted by major record labels in the United States. However, CéU chose to go with the smaller label Six Degrees, which offers her more artistic freedom, and has a deal with Starbucks Entertainment.

By Big Geez In 1960, this fledgling comedian put out his first album, The Button-Down Mind Of Bob Newhart, and it made him a star. It earned him a Grammy for Album Of The Year, and I was one of the millions of people who plunked down some hard-earned cash and bought it. His self-written, deadpan-delivery m...

By Big Geez In his middle years, he continued to perform and record with various groups, but leaned more to composing and arranging, and his work was in great demand. His honors piled up, and in 1987 he was given the Grammy lifetime achievement award. Amazingly, he followed that up a few years later by wi...

By Cara de Pescado 2.Bennie & The Jets (5:23) - Billboard Pop, 1973 3.Daniel (3:54) - Billboard A/C*, 1973 4.Crocodile Rock (3:55) - Billboard Pop, 1973 5.Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (5:56) - Billboard, 1974 6.Philadelphia Freedom (5:20) - Billboard Pop, 1975 7.Island Girl (3:43) - Billboard Pop, 1975

By Diesel Diesel hails from the suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio. Living the American dream by feeding off of Guinness and Chipolte, this former punk rock super hero has finally slowed down a little and accepted the fact that he is a better listener of music than a performer...

By Paul Roy When I first began hearing Evanescence's epic debut single "Bring Me To Life" on the radio and all over MTV while Ben Affleck was flying across the screen in a red Daredevil suit, I was first inclined to dismiss them as just another cheesy nu-metal band, who just so happens to be fronted by so...

By Chapin When Juan Luis Guerra sings, the world listens. Ever since Bachata Rosa gave him global fame, everything he touches turns in to gold. Grammy nominations and critical acclaim have been piling up, even for his evangelically inspired 2004 album Para Ti. And with reason, to me his music has alwa...

By Connie Phillips This week's band of the week, In Theory, moved from their local Los Angeles California music scene to national attention by working the angles and attacking publicity from the ground floor using grass-roots' approaches. Of course it didn't hurt to catch the attention of producers Vince...

By Paul Roy Jethro Tull are one of the most original and prolific bands in the history of rock and roll. Since 1968, they have released over 20 studio albums, and even more live and "best of" compilations, which have spanned the genres of blues, folk, classical, rock, and progressive-rock with equal s...

By Lisa McKay You need it, we got it. Every week our editors comb the site for the best of the best and round it up for you. Read on.MUSICFrom Music Editor Connie Phillips:Mat Brewster's Bootleg Country: Nanci Griffith - 11/29/98 is a wonderful look at the artist and her music blended with a nice little story...

By Lisa McKay BOOKS TV/FILM It's that time of year. The upcoming Academy Awards are the subject of lots of speculation and conversation in the BC Film section. Kati Irons has a lot of opinions about who might win and why we should care. From Science Editor John Vaccaro:

By Anna Creech To state that 2006 was one of the biggest years of Mary J. Blige's career isn't hype. It is truth. In 2006, there was no bigger story or artist, in any genre, than Mary J. Blige. Thanks to a chart-topping album, history making #1 single, galvanizing television appearances, and a sold out tour, 200...