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Articles Written by: ANN POWERS
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Ann Powers (born 4 February 1964) has been writing about popular music and society since the early 1980s. She is the author of Weird Like Us: My Bohemian America and coeditor of Rock She Wrote: Women Write About Rock, Pop, and Rap.
Country Music Association voters largely turned their back on tradition in anointing teenage country-pop star Taylor Swift and a whole slate of relative newcomers with most of its top honors at Wednesday's CMA Awards ceremony in Nashville, Tenn.
The ...
Lambert, who in person is none of those things but rather a startlingly grounded 27-year-old radiating Southern Californian optimism, took up a red pencil and circled a frame. "This one needs a little fix here," he said, momentarily playing art ...
"I am strong" were the first words out of Rihanna's mouth in her short interview with Diane Sawyer on ABC's "Good Morning America."
She made the claim unequivocally, a glint of anger in her eye. It was a sign that this carefully managed encounter -- ...
The first single and title track from Adam Lambert's soon-to-be-dropped debut album couldn't be more of an announcement. "For Your Entertainment" strides into the room, snaps its fingers and declares 2010 the year of Our Gorgeously Airbrushed Overlord. ...
Michael Jackson's first posthumous release has only been circulating for a few hours and already it's controversial. We shouldn't be surprised: Despite the unified field of emotion that formed during his mourning, the late King of Pop always has been a ...
it's not at all elitist. Any real housewife or career woman has been in that daydream.
On her 12th studio album, Mariah Carey and her latest producers, Terius "The-Dream" Nash and Tricky Stewart, attempt to get at something by distilling it. They're ...
This choice surprised me, even as I made it. Going into this game I thought for sure I'd end with a sweeping note by praising one of Paul's grand-finale ballads. I was leaning toward "Let it Be," though personally I've always preferred "The Long and ...
sharp as the soul players but more hopped up and argumentative.
A thousand rock 'n' roll cliches have been built around the idea that guts and glory belong to the young. Pearl Jam's ninth studio album, "Backspacer," coming to stores Tuesday, makes the ...
From ANN POWERS LOS ANGELES TIMES,
The Norwich Evening Sun,
18 Sep 2009
Clearly things are spinning out of control in the Ann Powers Listening Chamber as we near the end of our Fab Four exercise. You'd think that I could pick one track from an album that, in several ways, is hardly a Beatles album at all. But no, I have to ...
If you're sitting there thinking that is ridiculous, I get your point. A more reasonable choice would be the classic pairing of "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "Penny Lane": two multidimensional journeys back in time that are both exquisite works of ...
