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Macy Gray: The Sellout

Coming (back) on too strong The problem with Macy Gray’s comeback album is that, on it, she talks too much about her comeback album. On tracks like “Lately” she sings, “I am popular, they say I’m pretty, you should come back to me”; another song is titled, quite unsubtly, “The Comeback.” It’s when she’s not obsessing over being “back” that Gray really asserts herself, bouncing between her signature soul-pop groove, stadium rock-stompers and love-struck sing-a-longs. Highlights include the melodic “Let You Win,” as lush and laid-back as a lazy spring afternoon, and the beguiling “Still Hurts,” on which Motown-style “ooh...  read more

Paul McCartney Moves Solo Catalog from EMI to Concord

Sir Paul McCartney has signed a contract with independent label Concord Music Group....  read more

Rickie Lee Jones: Balm in Gilead

Wild girl returns with headphone album “It’s hard to be older and poor, I don’t dig it that much anymore,” Rickie Lee Jones sings on “Wild Girl,” the opening track of her 13th album. Although she’s in character, it’s odd to hear her sing that line; 30 years into an unpredictable career, she still sounds like the wild girl she once was. The largely self-produced Balm in Gilead plies a folksy yet soulful jazz-country sound that showcases both her inimitable voice—with its playful meter and peculiar grain—and her studio prowess....  read more

The Gabe 
Dixon Band: The Gabe Dixon Band

Proudly wearing the sensitive...  read more