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Hee Haw Premiere Episode and Laffs (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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Hee Haw Premiere Episode and Laffs (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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Hee Haw Premiere Episode and Laffs (Time/Life-2004) In the summer of 1969, the American Dream seemed to be approaching its waking stage. The awesome miracle of man’s landing on the moon that July only made the earth’s reality grimmer: the war in Vietnam, protests and violence in the streets, Woodstock and rock music, hippies, the … Continue reading →

Cowboy Junkies – One Soul Now (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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Cowboy Junkies – One Soul Now (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

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Cowboy Junkies-One Soul Now (Zoë/Latent) It’s hard to believe that it has been sixteen years since Cowboy Junkies’ second album, the sparse and lovely The Trinity Sessions, became a surprise success and helped to pave the road for alt-country and triple-A radio. That album was recorded live in one night at an abandoned church and mixed blues, … Continue reading →

Shania Twain – Up! (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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Shania Twain – Up! (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

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Shania Twain – Up! (Mercury) Never in my life have I seen so many exclamation points as there are in the song listing for Shania Twain’s latest. There are nineteen song titles on Up! and ten exclamation points. It’s almost like a teenaged girl’s diary.  Now Shania has a long history of unwieldy titles anyway, and this album’s … Continue reading →

Jimmy Webb – All He Knows…
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Jimmy Webb – All He Knows…

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Jimmy Webb All He Knows… by Ronald Sklar If you are under thirty and have even the slightest retro sensibility, chances are you are familiar with the classic pop songs of Jimmy Webb, and good for you. And if you are over thirty, endlessly toiling in an office and music appreciation is just a faint … Continue reading →