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...Comparisons could be made with José Feliciano, the Puerto Rican singer-guitarist who had 1960s hits with stylish remakes of songs like California Dreamin' and Light My Fire. But Ponnudorai is better. His ability to dice songs up, look into their hearts and perceive the common veins connecting every genre has won the attention of top international players who go to Singapore on tour. Harmonica virtuoso Toots Thielemans, drummer Billy Cobham, guitarist Tommy Emmanuel and vocalist Bobby McFerrin have all been in the audience. In 2002, trumpeter Wynton Marsalis showed up at a performance and was so taken...
...year-old singer-songwriter was born in Israel as Keren Ann Zeidel, grew up there and in the Netherlands until her family moved to France two decades ago. After two albums in French, she has since mostly recorded in English, and recently celebrated her new self-titled album's European release with a private concert at Le Réservoir, a small club on Paris' Right Bank. After adjusting her guitar and donning a harmonica holder, she launched into the new song "Lay Your Head Down," with her four-man band. As the song's opening steady drumbeat kicked...
...horror heroes idolized by Bobby Pickett as a boy made him one of the country's best-known one-hit wonders. At a nightclub gig, the pop singer delivered his impression of Boris Karloff. When bandmates pressed him to incorporate it into a song, Pickett wrote Monster Mash in half an hour. Released in 1962, it became a three-time No. 1 hit and a Halloween perennial. He was 69 and had leukemia...
...also see our poll on TIME.com in which 2.5 million votes put Korean R&B singer Rain on top, followed by Stephen Colbert. And for an alternative take, go online to read Joel Stein's Alt 100, a decidedly different and more humorous list of influentials. Richard Stengel, MANAGING EDITOR...
...biggest opportunity is in its pioneering use of celebrity designers such as Karl Lagerfeld and Stella McCartney. For the "M" line from Madonna, the singer worked with H&M designer Margareta van den Bosch, but it's clear whose name Chinese shoppers are looking for. "I'd buy almost anything Madonna designed," said Anne Yeung, 22, an architect trainee, as she waited in line in Hong Kong last month, "and so will all my friends...