Category Archives: Singers

Barbra Streisand – The Television Specials (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)
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Barbra Streisand – The Television Specials (A PopEntertainment.com Music Video Review)

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Barbra Streisand The Television Specials (Rhino-2005) Your patience with this DVD depends on your Babs tolerance level. However, truth be told, this collection is, well, fabulous. Even if you are not a fan, the music and the voice is so dazzling that, even if you don’t convert, you’ll at the very least question your sexuality. Here … Continue reading →

Usher – Getting Into the Movie Mix
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Usher – Getting Into the Movie Mix

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USHER GETTING INTO THE MOVIE MIX by Brad Balfour For Usher Raymond IV, making the move from R&B superstar / singer / composer (his most recent album Confessions sold nine million copies) to actor had to present some risks – if not to his pocketbook, then to his ego. But Usher decided to take that risk when he was offered the role … Continue reading →

Tristan Prettyman Rides the Crest
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Tristan Prettyman Rides the Crest

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Tristan Prettyman Rides the Crest by Jay S. Jacobs Tristan Prettyman would rather be surfing. Not that she doesn’t love her current career as a singer/songwriter, but she might just be talked into chucking it all for a guaranteed endless supply of great waves.  She has been on the beach since she was a little … Continue reading →

Rick Springfield – The Day After Yesterday (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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Rick Springfield – The Day After Yesterday (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

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Rick Springfield – The Day After Yesterday (Goner/IKE) Jessie’s Girl is probably a grandma now and the Working Class Dog is approaching retirement, but Rick Springfield keeps on keepin’ on. Springfield’s new album is called The Day After Yesterday, which was oddly also the name of Paul Giamatti’s unpublished manuscript in the movie Sideways. I don’t know if there is … Continue reading →

Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina – Checkin’ In
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Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina – Checkin’ In

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Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina Checkin’ In by Jay S. Jacobs The band came to be in the early 70s and was made up of two distinctly talented parts. Jim Messina was a respected producer and former member of the acclaimed groups Poco and the Buffalo Springfield. Kenny Loggins was a new kid on the … Continue reading →

Liz Phair – Exile From Indieville
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Liz Phair – Exile From Indieville

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liz phair exile from indieville by jay s. jacobs Okay, indie snobs, lay off of Liz Phair already, would ya? Yes, I know she was your poster girl back in 1993 when she released the rightfully celebrated alt-rock album Exile in Guyville, a lo-fi celebration of classic riffs and low life.  Here was a cute alt chick that … Continue reading →

The Dick Cavett Show – John & Yoko Collection (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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The Dick Cavett Show – John & Yoko Collection (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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The Dick Cavett Show John & Yoko Collection (Shout! Factory-2005) It’s 1971 and John Lennon is now thirtysomething. His life, finally, is getting interesting. Always on the cutting edge, this time he is on the verge of getting his peacenik ass thrown out of the United States, and not just because he is inflicting Yoko … Continue reading →

The Frank Sinatra Show – High Hopes (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)
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The Frank Sinatra Show – High Hopes (A PopEntertainment.com TV on DVD Review)

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The Frank Sinatra Show High Hopes (MVD-2005) The old and true adage that “it’s Frank Sinatra’s world – we just live in it” is best illustrated during his Rat Pack years, from the very late fifties until the early sixties. Here you see the Chairman of the Board in his glorious, power-pipe action, during one … Continue reading →

So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
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So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)

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Various Artists-So Amazing: An All-Star Tribute to Luther Vandross (J Records) After the tragic death earlier this year of one of the greatest soul voices of his generation, it is nice to see a tribute to this consummate artist and spine-tingly good singer who pretty much defined the quiet storm and smooth jazz genres. The lineup … Continue reading →