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You've been hearing a lot about Janet Jackson's latest album "Discipline" here on InOutStar, how it was supposed to be her big comeback, how it was expected to be a big seller and how it was supposed to make Mariah Carey eat her h...
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Before we start this review I would just like to say that I'm tired of all this electronic music going around these days - even respected artists are choosing to go for a more modern sound and I don't think that's necessarily a good th...
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So it's all about Rihanna, right? About catchy lyrics you can hum like a mad man until your ears start bleeding and your mouth foaming and about sexy images or perky little barely legal girls? Well, yes and no. Yes because Rihanna made a killing...
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I'm sure you have all heard of Simply Red. It's been the band you grew up with or it can be the band that can send you back to the past. It's that soul based pop group that has managed to surpass time's physical limits. It is stil...
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In a period when everybody was fascinated by the PC revolution, a clear, pure voice began to sing, leaving aside electronic influences. It was Tracy Chapman, the one who would later become a very respected and well-known musician. Her...
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Even if you are not a metal fan, you must have heard at least once about Lacuna Coil. And if you didn't, now is a good chance to take this band into consideration and find out some more about it. The band formed in 1996, in Milan...
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When you take into consideration the fact that Joe Satriani started learning to play the guitar when he heard of Jimi Hendrix's death while at a football training session (at which point he walked out of the pitch and told the coach he was quitt...
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Though many religious folk would shutter at the thought of even uttering these two words in the same sentence (at least not without fear of being struck down by the Almighty), it would seem that one very ingenious musician, Michael Cretu by his real ...
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It's back to the good old days of pop with this one folks, even though it boasts some modern R&B and soul influences, and I can't say it sounds bad. All those die-hard fans couldn't be wrong, could they? Sure, a couple might go for the...
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Rock hasn't got a very clear definition as I found out one day when I began asking my friends what they thought this kind of music actually is. It seems to be as elusive as the end of the rainbow but is still here, amongst us all, making us happ...
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Britney Spears is, according to some (far too many, from where I stand) a singer. And, as a singer, it was only natural that she finally released that over-hyped comeback album the world had been expecting and dreading at the same time fo...
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80s music was... well, it was different and "special" meaning that it was at the crossroads between two eras so everyone was in the process of discovering themselves, from the pop bands at the beginning of the decade to the gl...
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Who remembers 1985? While those who were born back then try to recollect in what position and situation they found themselves during that particular time, let me tell you what a couple of boys from North-eastern England were up to. They had formed a ...
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By the time Queen came up with this album (1975), the boys had already made up their own style of music and had a fan base established. Everything was just fine and dandy until the musical genius of Freddie Mercury decided to kick in an...
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Today hip hop and rap rule the charts and any self-respecting number one song, regardless of its genre, will have a rapping part where someone "breaks it down". From Britney Spears to Beyonce, everyone puts a little rap in every track, but ...
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For rock fans everywhere, the words "Highway to Hell" can only mean one thing, the band who took its name from the writing on the back of an electric sewing machine, AC/DC of course. There are few rock bands in the history of musi...
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By the beginning of the 50s the glory days of Frank Sinatra seemed to be long gone. Once a legend, Frank had been now out gunned by the new musical trends and new emerging artists, making him seem like an old relic from the past, nothing more than ye...
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I have to admit: while I listen to all kinds of music, from rock to classical to reggae to punk to gangsta rap, etc. it is rock - of the old school variety and not only - that tends to really get my blood flowing. You know what I'm talking abo...
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Well, Avril Lavigne is back with a new album. Whether you think that that is a good or bad thing depends entirely, of course, on your taste in music. Or perhaps, your taste in young ladies. Because, let's be totally, painfully honest here... if ...
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The much awaited video from the first album of Pussycat Doll Nicole is finally here, after she sure made us wait for it. I don't know if it was to build up hype or because she was planning some cool concept for this release, but it's no...
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It's unanimous, T.I. is the best MC out there at the moment and it shows in the charts. But after I listened to his latest album I didn't exactly got thrilled in the way I used to get when listening to Wu Tang albums or Snoop Dogg (come...
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For the people who grew up in the 80s Annie Lennox was one cool singer (although kinda weird and often even scary with her androgynous looks and racy videos she made with Eurythmics) that is still considered by many a real trend setter. Although ...
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It seems that whenever these two team up, all that comes out is a heartbreak song that you'll end up playing after he/she dumped your ass or something. Remember "I Don't Wanna Know", that song with the Fugees sample? It was al...
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His name is Kano and he's a British-Jamaican MC with one hit single and album under the belt. It was called Home Sweet Home and it caused a lot of stir both in the UK and in America (being praised by artists like Busta Rhymes, Nas, RZA, Jay-...
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Natalie decided she had enough of strutting her stuff on TV, on the cinema screen and on commercials and that it was time for her to get back in the recording booth. Now, I don't know if that's necessarily a good idea since the outcome ...
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And a damn good thing it is! We should see more artists do that more often. The Artist Formerly Known as Prince decided to go back on his deal with his label and give his latest album "Planet Earth" for free to the fans. Last week, the ...
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Umbrella ella, ella, ella! seems to be a very catchy chorus this summer that has got us all wishing for a little rain (that and the severe drought). Rihanna hit it big with her duet with Jay Z and got all the world thinking that Beyonce was going to ...
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Just when you thought he was out of the picture (at least for a while), Elton John is back with a collection of greatest hits to bring back the good ol' days. I don't think there's one music lover out there that hasn't danced to a...
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Who remembers Nat King Cole? If your birthday was sometime after the first moon landing (as mine was), the answer to that question may be negative. Even if you might have never heard of Nat King Cole (which is highly improbable) you must know that he...
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It's the album that rocked the charts in the American Billboard. It's the old style pop that's got us humming to the radio and snapping our fingers all the way to work. It's Maroon 5's latest musical release, a brand spanking...
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