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Anvil! The Story of Anvil (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
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Anvil! The Story of Anvil (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)

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ANVIL! THE STORY OF ANVIL (2009) Featuring Steve “Lips” Kudlow, Robb Reiner, Ivan Herd, Chris Tsangarides, Tiziana Arrigoni, Glenn Gyorffy, Slash, Lemmy, Scott Ian, Tom Araya, Lars Ulrich, Michael Schencker, Carmine Appice, Cut Loose and Mad Dog. Directed by Sacha Gervasi. Distributed by Ahimsa Films.  90 minutes.  Not Rated. This film about an aging rock … Continue reading →

Nickelback, Seether & Saving Abel – Wachovia Center – Philadelphia (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)
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Nickelback, Seether & Saving Abel – Wachovia Center – Philadelphia (A PopEntertainment.com Concert Review)

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Nickelback, Seether & Saving Abel – Wachovia Center – Philadelphia, PA – March 9, 2009 It’s sometimes a little easy to forget how many Nickelback songs you know and how ubiquitous their music has been on the radio for the last several years, simply because so many of their songs kind of sound alike. However … Continue reading →

Sharon Little – Perfect Time for a Breakout
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Sharon Little – Perfect Time for a Breakout

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Sharon Little Perfect Time for a Breakout by Jay S. Jacobs Just two years ago, Sharon Little was waiting tables. Now she has released her debut CD. One of her songs has been chosen as the theme song to a television series. She was personally picked to open a tour by this year’s biggest Grammy winners – … Continue reading →

Secondhand Serenade – Taking Your Call
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Secondhand Serenade – Taking Your Call

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Secondhand Serenade Taking Your Call By Deborah Wagner If you want to launch a music career in this very tough industry, it used to be about who you knew.  However, John Vesely – the solo artist who calls himself Secondhand Serenade – is changing all the rules.   Vesely is rocketing his own career towards stardom.  He … Continue reading →

Various Artists – The Best of Bond… James Bond (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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Various Artists – The Best of Bond… James Bond (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

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Various Artists – The Best of Bond… James Bond (Verve)  The music behind James Bond has always been part of the allure of the super-spy, a loungy, seductive musical canon tailor-made to naked women dancing in silhouette behind the opening credits – vaguely suggesting danger and the good life.  As the Bond film series approaches its 50th anniversary, … Continue reading →

Tommy James – It’s A New Vibration
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Tommy James – It’s A New Vibration

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Tommy James It’s A New Vibration By Ronald Sklar We know what you’re thinking. Not another Christmas album! But with this one, consider this HUGE plus: it’s a Tommy James Christmas album, and all the standards (like “God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen”) actually sound like a Tommy James song.  Talk about your Christmas miracles! I … Continue reading →

Frankie Valli – Romancing the 00s
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Frankie Valli – Romancing the 00s

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Frankie Valli Romancing the 00s by Jay S. Jacobs Frankie Valli has been such an in-your-face presence in music and pop culture for so many decades that it is kind of shocking when you realize that his CD Romancing the 60s is his first album of new material in 28 years. After all, this is a guy … Continue reading →

Rainn Wilson – Steps Out of The Office to Put On a Rock Face in The Rocker
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Rainn Wilson – Steps Out of The Office to Put On a Rock Face in The Rocker

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Rainn Wilson Steps Out of The Office to Put On a Rock Face in The Rocker by Brad Balfour It’s an old story, as old as the Beatles. A rock combo starts out playing the clubs, building the band’s repertoire and following, and then, on the verge of signing the big deal, fires the most … Continue reading →

Camp Rock (A PopEntertainment.com Video Review)
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Camp Rock (A PopEntertainment.com Video Review)

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CAMP ROCK (2008) Starring Demi Lovato, Joe Jonas, Meaghan Jette Martin, Maria Canals Barrera, Alyson Stoner, Julie Brown, Daniel Fathers, Anna Maria Perez deTagle, Jasmine Richards, Jordan Francis, Roshon Fegan, Jennifer Ricci, Kevin Jonas and Nick Jonas. Screenplay by Karen Gist & Regina Hicks and Julie Brown & Paul Brown. Directed by Matthew Diamond. Distributed … Continue reading →