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Is the Next Adele a Guy?

posted: August 17, 2012

For at least another year or two, all of the U.K.’s up-and-coming sisters (and brothers) with voices will have their work cut out for them. As if it’s not already tough enough to rise above…
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Susan Boyle: Great Singer, Unpleasant Neighbor?

posted: July 11, 2012

Susan Boyle seems like a sweet woman. Preternaturally talented with an agreeable disposition, Boyle is one of the more pleasant creations of the reality television machine. But if reports from the UK this week are to be…
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Sound and Vision: Why Judging a TV Star Search Is More Valuable Than Winning One

posted: June 8, 2012

The votes were counted and Phillip Phillips was crowned the 11th American Idol on May 23. So what’s next? If this is going to be just another case of recent history repeating, a first blush…
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Vocal Points: A Few Words Of Advice

posted: January 15, 2012

Over the course of writing this column, I’ve come across some pretty sensational vocalists, and I had the chance to pick many of their brains about the most important aspects of being a professional singer.…
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Vocal Points: A Voice That Trumps All Else

posted: November 6, 2011

Susan Boyle. Discovered on Britain’s Got Talent, she shocked the judges with her incredible voice and became a worldwide sensation just weeks after the show’s airing. And she continues to build her success, with another…
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Sound And Vision: It's the Same Old Song for Thespians Who Sing — and Chances Are It's Not a Hit!

posted: September 16, 2011

Though Susan Boyle helped make music’s mainstream safer for the mature crowd, her chart-life-begins-at-nearly fifty success story remains a rarity. But perhaps in the case of Jeff Bridges, who won an Oscar for playing an…
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