Over the last twenty years, k.d. lang has lent her voice to an astonishing range of material, from Nashville tearjerkers to Tin Pan Alley torch songs, from playful cow-punk tunes to sultry, grown-up pop. With her Nonesuch debut Hymns of the 49th Parallel, the Alberta native brings it all back home, metaphorically speaking, exploring the work of her favorite Canadian songwriters: Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Bruce Cockburn, Ron Sexsmith, and Jane Siberry. She juxtaposes classics f...

Ed Robertson (guitar/vocals) Jim Creeggan (bass/vocals) Kevin Hearn (keyboard/guitar/vocals) Tyler Stewart (drums/vocals) Imagine a shrine for all great sayings, a Pop Psychology Hall of Fame if you will. On these special walls you'd find such stalwarts as "What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger," "Tomorrow's Another Day" and "Everything Happens For A Reason." Right over there the "Light At The End of The Tunnel" stands next to "The Great Unknown." Sure, these sayings are ubiquitous; ...

"I guess I knew from an early age that I could never do a job where I'd have to sit in an office all day long," says Lily Allen. It seems unlikely Allen will be confined to a cubicle any time soon. The 21-year-old artist, pronounced by NME as "the archetypal singer-songwriter for the iPod generation," took Britain by storm this past summer with her debut album Alright, Still rocketing onto the U.K. Album chart at #2 and her first U.K. single, "Smile," topping the U.K. Airplay chart for six w...

THE LADY & THE LEGEND She was an original "rocker" in the sixties.. A true superstar in the seventies ... Her talent topped the country charts in the eighties ... She became a living legend in the nineties. It seems like Brenda Lee has been around forever... It certainly does seem that way. . .! It could be because her hit records have become timeless standards... It could also be simply because she has been performing since she was 7 years old. When she was 12, she was on the ...

At its best, the venerable pop music tradition known as "the holiday album" can capture all the sentiments of the season: the warm glow of friendship and family, the bittersweet reflections on the year gone by, the hopeful anticipation of the new year ahead. Sarah McLachlan has created a true holiday classic with Wintersong. The Arista recording artist imbues this splendid twelve-song collection - the first holiday album of her multi-platinum career - with peerless interpretive skill and ex...