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[Carolinas LGBT news source] - by David Stout | May 30th, Mandy Moore sheds the last coquettish vestiges of her former teen stardom on Amanda Leigh. Read any press release promoting a new album and you'll find a paragraph crowing that the collection was influenced by this ...
First published in print: Thursday, May 28, 2009
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[Albany Times Union] - Mandy Moore certainly isn't predictable, so her current incarnation as folkie experimentalist (and Mrs. Ryan Adams) on "Amanda Leigh" (Storefront) makes as much sense as anything else she's done. With the Candy Butchers' Mike Viola, Moore tries on all ...
Ruben Studdard channels Vandross in 'Love'
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[Philadelphia Inquirer] - Studdard often seems to be picking up where the late Luther Vandross left off, but occasionally he veers into a Ray-Charles-gone-country vein. His lilting, seemingly effortless vocals are consistently a treat on balmy originals like "More Than Words" ...
New CD releases this week
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[AZ Central.com] - She worked with Mike Viola, a big name in power-pop circles, on the music, which Details has described as channeling Todd Rundgren, Joni Mitchell and Paul McCartney. Chances are, the Rundgren and McCartney vibe came courtesy of her collaborator. ...
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