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Josh Kelley – Life in the Pop Game
Josh Kelley Josh Kelley Life in the Pop Game by Jay S. Jacobs Back in its heyday, lots of musicians had a problem with the peer-to-peer...

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Dec 3, 200612 min read


Grant-Lee Phillips – Love His Way
Grant-Lee Phillips at Tin Angel in Philadelphia. grant-lee phillips love his way by jay s. jacobs Grant-Lee Phillips was the next big...

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Aug 16, 200613 min read


Cowboy Junkies – Music to Grow Old and Die to
Margo Timmons of Cowboy Junkies Cowboy Junkies Music to Grow Old and Die to by Jay S. Jacobs It's almost unbelievable that Cowboy Junkies are on a twentieth anniversary tour. That whole time the band has had a core made up of three siblings – Margo Timmins (lead vocals), Michael Timmins (guitarist and songwriter), Peter Timmins (drums) – and their long-time friend Alan Anton (bassist). It certainly doesn't seem like eighteen years since their breakthrough second album, T

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May 3, 20067 min read


The Little Willies – The Little Willies (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
The Little Willies The Little Willies – The Little Willies (Milking Bull/EMI) The Little Willies aren't just a side project for...

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Mar 3, 20062 min read


Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina – Checkin’ In
Kenny Loggins & Jim Messina Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina Checkin’ In by Jay S. Jacobs The band came to be in the early 70s and was made...

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Nov 12, 200514 min read


Three Dog Night in Black and White
Three Dog Night Three Dog Night In Black and White by Ronald Sklar The feat would be impossible to achieve in today’s market-fragmented...

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Jun 18, 20048 min read


Cowboy Junkies – One Soul Now (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
Cowboy Junkies – One Soul Now 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, country and rock sensibilities with a hazy, languid, ethereal sound and lead singer Margo Timmins' g

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Jun 3, 20043 min read


Jonatha Brooke – Back in the Circus (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
Jonatha Brooke – Back in the Circus Jonatha Brooke – Back in the Circus (Bad Dog/Verve) Jonatha Brooke has been out in the folk-pop...

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Mar 14, 20042 min read


Toby Lightman – Devils and an Angel
Toby Lightman Toby Lightman Devils and an Angel by Jay S. Jacobs The music biz is always hungrily searching for the next big thing....

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Feb 12, 20047 min read


A Mighty Wind (A PopEntertainment.com Movie Review)
A MIGHTY WIND (2003) Starring Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Catherine O'Hara, Harry Shearer, Eugene Levy, Fred Willard, Parker...

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Jul 20, 20033 min read


Jill Sobule – Too Cool…
Jill Sobule Jill Sobule Too Cool… by Jay S. Jacobs It’s Friday evening at the Upstage; a new Philadelphia venue built in a beautiful old...

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Mar 21, 20017 min read


Jewel – Portrait of a Young Artist
Jewel Jewel Portrait of a Young Artist by Jay S. Jacobs POPENTERTAINMENT.COM ARCHIVES-June 1996 We spoke with superstar Jewel Kilcher in...

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Jun 23, 19996 min read


10,000 Maniacs – Love Among The Ruins (A PopEntertainment.com Music Review)
10,000 Maniacs – Love Among The Ruins 10,000 Maniacs – Love Among The Ruins (Geffen) It is pretty much universally agreed that Natalie...

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Sep 13, 19971 min read
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