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After adopting the stage name Shania, an Ojibwa word meaning "I'm on my way," Twain released her self-titled debut. It sold a respectable 100,000 copies, although no one, not even Twain, seemed to like it. She had visions of being a songwriter, but only one of her compositions made the album. Then her manager got a message from a man calling himself Mutt, who said he had seen one of Twain's kittenish videos while exercising in his London home and was interested in writing songs with her. The manager sent Mutt an autographed photo with generic...
...film, based on screenwriter Antwone Fisher’s life story, marks Washington’s directorial debut...
...avoid the pressures that fame, a solid first album, and a Grammy nomination tend to exert on the singer-songwriter. White Ladder fans will find that while Gray’s distinctive voice has not changed, A New Day At Midnight displays a very different sonic character from his debut album. Where Gray was upbeat and optimistic with hyped up rhythms and excessive energy on songs like “Babylon” on his first album, he presents a much more solemn and thoughtful spirit throughout New Day. Tracks like “Dead In the Water...
Despite all of the fame Gray has achieved in the past few years both in the United States and the UK, his music still seems to come across with the same level of personal authenticity found in his pre-fame debut. This quality is best gleaned from Gray’s live performances, where one is presented with a no-frills emotional performance that Gray himself seemingly manages to enjoy as well. New Day songs such as “Be Mine” and “Real Love” have both popped up on Gray?...
...only negative aspect of the Riddlin’ Kids show was the lyrically bland songs, most of them from their debut album Hurry Up and Wait. Taken from personal experiences and the experiences of buddies, their songs are strings of platitudes lamenting the horrors of bad girlfriends. “Here We Go Again,” a song about a “super evil, villainous” combination of Baker’s and Stroud’s ex-girlfriends, can boast no line more interesting than “her face cramps up and she makes...