Tag Archives: Billy Joel
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Grammy Awards spread the wealth and diversify as Taylor Swift makes history
Taylor Swift accepts the Album Of The Year award for “Midnights” during the 66th GRAMMY Awards at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles on Feb. 4, 2024. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images for The Recording Academy. Every Grammy Awards have own storyline, and the 2024 edition may end up being…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Olivia Rodrigo packs a ‘Sour’ punch on debut LP
For those who spent their elementary and middle school days reading teen magazine covers detailing the high-profile breakups of Taylor Swift and Joe Jonas or Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron, the career arc of Olivia Rodrigo the last couple years of stardom feels all too familiar. After her breakthrough on Disney+…
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Insert Foot: COVID-19 isolation reaffirming musical bonds
As far as we know, Tony Hicks is only having one kind of baby as he passes time at home during the COVID-19 quarantine. Some good really can come from this coronavirus mess. In the middle of boring COVID-19 isolation, I just spent more than an hour with 10…
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REWIND: A tribute to PG&E, featuring Billy Joel and AC/DC
Billy Joel didn’t start the fire. It was probably PG&E. A trigger warning for our Bay Area and Northern California readers: This column is an ode to PG&E. As our non-Californian readers may have heard, California was recently in the midst of a full-blown apocalypse. There were hurricane-force winds,…
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ALBUM REVIEW: Willie Nelson’s ‘Ride Me Back Home’ is brilliant, but not uplifting
Willie Nelson, “Ride Me Back Home.” Ride Me Back Home is the 96th studio album from the legendary Willie Nelson, and the conclusion of his trilogy of albums about mortality following 2017’s God’s Problem Child and 2018’s Last Man Standing. Ride Me Back Home Willie Nelson Legacy, June 21 You read…
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‘New Wave: Dare To Be Different’ chronicles new wave radio revolution
The history of rock and roll is a series of revolutions during which young insurgents dethrone the previous kings and queens who have grown fat and lazy. Chuck Berry unseated T-Bone Walker. The Beatles unseated Elvis. Nirvana unseated big hair metal. New Wave: Dare To Be Different Streaming on…