A hit Bollywood number can work wonders for the stars who feature in it and the singers, but the lyricist often goes unnoticed and music greats say this is largely because youngsters don’t understand the “value” of lyrics.
Jim James, the lead singer of My Morning Jacket, couldn?t decide whether Radio City Music Hall was a cathedral or a playground.
There?s no question that Robert Smith has one of rock?s most irritating voices. But if that voice were any less irritating, his songs for the Cure wouldn?t be anywhere near as durable.
As a songwriter, Melissa Etheridge is a master of rock ‘n’ roll rhetoric. For her, lamentation, exhortation and inspiration are all grist for sturdy pop hooks and soaring melodies. And no matter how complex her topic — an old love gone wrong or her own bout with cancer — she expresses ideas in lyrics honed to a sharp edge.
New releases from Alejandro Escovedo, Three 6 Mafia, Martha Wainwright and Todd Sickafoose.
A pine-wooded outpost in India?s northeast is alive with Bob Dylan, gospel and the blues.
HOLLYWOOD Even after its rollicking Jungle Love flashback at February’s 50th annual Grammy Awards, few fans believed this funk-rocking, sass-talking, prude-mocking septet would rally for a comeback. Set your clocks to oh-wee-oh-wee-oh. The Time is now.
1 Amid all of the political snarl and chest-thumping anthems comprising Coldplays latest record, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends, lies the simple, sweet and utterly intoxicating Strawberry Swing . A lithe, Afro-pop-tinged tune, its borne aloft on frontman Chris Martins falsetto, which is itself wrapped around evocative lyrics that conjure images of love, youth and the …
CROTON - Retired schoolteacher Pauline Smith relaxed on the grass listening to jazz musician Hayes Greenfield perform his signature blend of classic children’s tunes with environmentally updated lyrics.
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