She’s already made legions of South African hearts happy with her soulful voice and striking stage performance so it’s only natural that Lira would want to extend a little of that love to the rest of the world. Her 4 albums (and DVD shot in 3D) have all sold platinum and above in SA. She’s making her American debut with shows this week, in celebration of the US release of the Lira EP today. A 14-song album will be released on 31 January 2012 (my birthday!) with Feel Good being her first radio single release. Lira is playing SOBs tonight, with support from Zim saxophonist extraordinaire Max Wild. If you’re not in NYC,…
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Surrendering to the Sound: U2 in New Jersey
You can know all the facts about the U2 360 Degree tour and its signature stage, the “claw”. That it’s a 90-foot tall steel structure, designed to support 180 tons. That it takes four days to build. That it’s allowed U2 to break all concert attendance records. You can know that the band has 3 custom-built claw stages for their tour, and that as one is being dismantled, another is being erected. But you cannot really know anything until you’ve actually seen the spectacular four-legged contraption for yourself, lighting up the night sky, illuminating hit song after hit song. You don’t know anything until you’ve see the “claw” send U2’s…
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Ooh La La – it’s Dev
She’s the voice behind the oh-so-catchy Like A G6 track, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 towards the end of last year. Since then, Dev has got us sharing a common love for “beats fast and bass down low”, made a mash-up of a Hellz-Bellz wardrobe in Booty Bounce, and has been working on her debut album, The Night the Sun Came Up, due out September. In the meantime, she’s worked with music video director Ethan Lader to create the video for her single, In the Dark. Lader has already made videos for the other tracks she’s performed with The Cataracs, and he also created ones for B.o.B’s Nothing on You and Bruno…
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A Taste of Rufus Wainwright’s Opera
Audiences in England have already had the fortune to experience Rufus Waignwright’s debut opera, Prima Donna in its full glory. Last night, at the World Financial Center, fans in New York got to catch a glimpse of what it will be like to see the show when it opens here next year. Wainwright, together the New York City Opera performed a concert of songs, which included both opera pieces and favourites from the beloved idiosyncratic singer. It was my first time seeing him in a show, and I was delighted when Rufus walked onto stage in a unique tux – one with shorts where the trousers would usually be. Hundreds…
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Soundtrack of the City
Tracks Rocking My Soul Augustana: Steal Your Heart Away Tokyo Police Club: Favorite Color (the Punches remix) The Naked & Famous : Young Blood Fitz and the Tantrums: Money Grabber
