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The QH Blend: The "MDNA" of Pop Returns: Madonna's Latest
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Sunday, March 25, 2012. The "MDNA" of Pop Returns: Madonna's Latest. The reception of Madonna's 13th long player MDNA. 2005) promised an entertaining level of veteran security and for awhile all seemed to right. Hard Candy. Appeared in 2008 and things weren't the same afterwards. Madonna was pandering, she'd lost her confidence, her awareness of self and subsequent greatness. Hard Candy's. Is both a defensive and offensive album. A cross section of the talent working alongside Ms. Ciccone on MDNA. And si...
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The QH Blend: The 16 Blue-Eyed Soul Paladins
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012. The 16 Blue-Eyed Soul Paladins. First Album Released in 1964. Mary O'Brien, later Dusty Springfield, stepped out of the frilly family folk act of The Springfields to become the first of her kind, a blue-eyed soul singer. She sojourned to Memphis, Tennessee, the capitol of Stax, to record the legendary. A Very Fine Love. 1995) While breast cancer claimed the vocalist in 1999, her music lives on. Bring Him Back" from. Where Am I Going? Where Am I Going? 2 The Bee Gees. Mary Christi...
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The QH Blend: Brandy's "Two Eleven" Hits the Spot
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Saturday, October 13, 2012. Brandy's "Two Eleven" Hits the Spot. Brandy, Circa 2012. How do you follow up one of the best R&B recordings of the last decade? Epic), Brandy Norwood's fifth album, released at the end of 2008, it was to acclaim if not sales. Norwood's continued commercial slide owed to a climate that eyed her age (29 at the time) as a "deciding" factor to her relevancy rather than her art. The three years separating. His background with Norwood extended to two of. Is (almost) all killer no f...
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The QH Blend: Welcome to The QH Blend Archives 2008 - 2012
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013. Welcome to The QH Blend Archives 2008 - 2012. First thing is first, please bookmark this link: The QH Blend. It is the new location of the ongoing space where The QH Blend will be continuing in its next incarnation. This site has now transitioned into "The QH Blend Archives 2008 - 2012," collecting the first five years of my online work. LaMusicLovr says.Congratulations and best wishes, my friend! Id follow your writing almost anywhere.I encourage you! Subscribe To The QH Blend.
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The QH Blend: February 2013
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Tuesday, February 26, 2013. Welcome to The QH Blend Archives 2008 - 2012. First thing is first, please bookmark this link: The QH Blend. It is the new location of the ongoing space where The QH Blend will be continuing in its next incarnation. This site has now transitioned into "The QH Blend Archives 2008 - 2012," collecting the first five years of my online work. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Subscribe To The QH Blend. The QH Blend Elsewhere. Adventures of an Audio Diva.
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The QH Blend: The QH Blend's Records of 2012
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Sunday, December 9, 2012. The QH Blend's Records of 2012. Another year, another batch of records released into the world to soundtrack our lives. This year held several surprises and made the case that there is always. Something to discover under the surface. One simply has to look beyond what is provided. The QH Blend took to a simpler and all-inclusive approach for 2012. Vows (Warner Bros.). Finally making its (complete) global debut this year, New Zealander Kimbra’s Vows. Takes the best from throwback...
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The QH Blend: Make 'Em Nervous: Macy Gray Reveals "Covered"
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Wednesday, March 28, 2012. Make 'Em Nervous: Macy Gray Reveals "Covered". When Macy Gray appeared in the popular music sphere, it was at a time when black music was undergoing another of its many changes. Neo-soul had started to burn in 1999 when Macy Gray's debut On How Life Is. Connected to a larger audience (read: white). Gray's amoeba-like soul absorbed a range of styles without losing her R&B center. She had the attention of pop and urban listeners. 2007), and The Sellout. Is not a garden variety of...
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The QH Blend: No Doubt's Return with "Push and Shove" Examined
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012. No Doubt's Return with "Push and Shove" Examined. On the set of the "Settle Down" video. Blondie's reconvene in 1982 with. Despite possessing a few underrated moments. Was a turning point for the group. Undeniably, Blondie had embodied a certain point in popular music history and their gusto to dare was infectious. 1980) made them pop savants. The Best of Blondie. 1981) closed their first run, but was preceded earlier in 1981 by Deborah Harry's avant garde album. Their sixth ...
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The QH Blend: November 2012
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012. Serious Music: Hall and Oates '72-'79. Hall and Oates in the '70's. When Daryl Hohl (later Hall) and John Oates, two Temple University kids, met at the Adelphi Ballroom in 1967, the partnership they struck became legend. Christened “the most successful recording duo in American music” by. Hall and Oates have become a staple of popular music and culture. In Hall’s own words, he summed up their first decade of recording,. Both Daryl and John had pleasant pipes, Daryl possessed a...
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The QH Blend: The QH Blend's Records of 2009
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Sunday, December 27, 2009. The QH Blend's Records of 2009. Best of the Rest of 2009. Foot of the Mountain. Abnormally Attracted to Sin. Testimony Volume 2: Love and Politics. Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel. It's That Girl Again. The QH Blend's Records of 2009. I Look to You. Those expecting a halfbaked comeback will be surprised by the tasteful, vogue settings Ms. Houston utilized for her sixth studio album. Seven years after. Is a miscellany of influences that crash into one another, creating juicy groov...
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