Since Bob Dylan in the 1960’s protest songs have lost the passion that they have once had. The times, they were a changing back then and there was a lot to write and sing about. Now, the times are changing again. With high unemployment, a bad economy, union busting in Wisconsin and high gas prices, [...]

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Every once I a while I have a reader contact me who has a different opinion than my own, which is Okay since this blog is a place for discussion. Rarely, however, does someone write in with more than one or two sentences to say. But, this is not the case this time. Enrique M. [...]

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Bob Dylan who wrote folk songs and protest lyrics in the 1960’s will have a set of his handwritten lyrics up for auction at Sotheby’s in New York City. Many of Dylan’s lyrics in that era were scrawled on random pieces of paper with pencil or pen. The lyrics up for auction are from Dylan’s [...]

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In a jazzy style and power vocals Christina Aguilera sings Burlesque in a way that is distinctly her own. Even though this is called Burlesque this is no typical pole dancing song. The Burlesque lyrics are about sexual power that many women feel on a smaller scale and only a few feel on a large [...]

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In music and in acting there is a certain stage persona a person takes when giving a performance. The fans want the person and the persona to be basically the same, yet the artist is playing a role that may be far from whom they are in real life. In a recent article in MLive [...]

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