Lyrics Born (SF Weekly)
It’s been five long years since the Bay Area’s favorite gruff-voiced MC last graced us with a new album. Lyrics Born’s emphasis on quality over quantity pays off on Everywhere at Once, which is solid from top to bottom. Download: Lyrics Born - Hott 2 Deff Opener “Don’t Change” sets a fiercely fun …
Old rockers give new meaning to life and lyrics (The Times of India)
The unlikely image of a 92-year-old war bride screaming The Clash’s ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go’ into a microphone backed by an elderly chorus has already captivated live audiences around the world.
Songwriting pair give ‘Cry-Baby’ a ‘ruder’ twist (International Herald Tribune)
David Javerbaum and Adam Schlesinger have joined up to write the lyrics for “Cry-Baby,” the musical that will open April 24 on Broadway.
Acadmie Franaise, bastion of high culture, admits writer of pop lyrics (Times Online)
Louis XIII and Napoleon Bonaparte must be turning in their graves. The Acadmie Franaise, France’s oldest and grandest cultural institution, has just elected to its midst a writer of pop lyrics.
Biography (All About Jazz)
As a singer, I feel very influenced by instrumentalists and by many classic instrumental songs, says Karrin Allyson. Its tricky to put lyrics to the great, iconic tunes, because you want to do them justice.
Nada Surf at sold-out Troc (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
The Trocadero was steeped in good vibes Sunday night as the Brooklyn indie trio Nada Surf played to a sellout crowd. The nearly two-hour performance was a reminder of how refreshing smart lyrics and melodic songs can be. Clean-cut singer-guitarist Matthew Caws and drummer Ira Elliot were offset by bassist Daniel Lorca’s floppy tangle of dreadlocks, and the excited crowd was a diverse …
Folktale retold (The Hendersonville Times-News)
Billy, Goat, Gruff The Musical will be presented by the Flat Rock Playhouse YouTheatre Friday through April 19. Book and lyrics are by Gwen Edwards and music is by Ben Mackel, a Flat Rock Playhouse YouTheatre alumnus. Tom and B. J. Ramer and their family are executive producers for the production.
Yo-Yo Interview (UGO - UnderGroundOnline)
Yolanda “Yo-Yo” Whitaker made her debut on ‘It’s a Man’s World,’ a track on Ice Cube’s AmeriKKKa’s Most Wanted album (1990), which pitted Cube’s misogynistic lyrics against Yo-Yo’s fiercely feminist point of view. On the track, when Cube asks: ‘Girl, what you trying to do?’
Briere’s pair helps Flyers to 2-1 series lead over Caps (USA Today)
Danny Briere’s so-so first season in Philadelphia has turned sensational in the playoffs.
Alicia Keys says comments to magazine were ‘misrepresented’ (AP via Yahoo! News)
Alicia Keys says she’s not a conspiracy theorist. In a statement issued Tuesday, Keys said she was clarifying “comments that were made during my recent Blender magazine interview since they have been misrepresented.”