The Farr Side: Hotly contested competition at CMAs
If someone had asked me if I ever thought American Idol winners Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood would go head-to-head at the CMAs for Female Vocalist of the Year, I would have said, Its...
View ArticleThe Farr Side: A Swift ascent
Move over, Madonna and Dionne Warrick. Taylor Swift has her eyes focused on the Queen of Soul now.Swifts latest slew of hits has dominated the Billboard Hot 100, tying her for second place with...
View ArticleMusic: Amanda Palmers chaos theory
It would be wrong to say you never know what youre going to get when you go to an Amanda Palmer concert. Truth is that youre gonna get all kinds of things. Youll just never know when theyll come...
View ArticleAlbum review: Susan McKeown, Belong
Susan McKeown, Belong (Hibernian Music)Stunning is probably one of the most overused words going, but Im struggling for another one to describe the voice of Susan McKeown. Tremulous and rich, her...
View ArticleAlbum review: Frank Turner, Last Minutes and Lost Evenings
Frank Turner, Last Minutes and Lost Evenings (Epitaph)Having released his first full-length solo album just five years ago, it may seem a little soon for a Frank Turner best-of compilation. But as...
View ArticleAlbum review: Sean Hayes, Before We Turn To Dust
Sean Hayes, Before We Turn To Dust (Sean Hayes Music)If the Black Keys are the current blues practioners who sound like they would roll you for your change in the alley behind the bar, Sean Hayes is...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Recent and recommended for November
Martha Redbone Roots Project, The Garden of Love (Blackfeet Productions)You probably think you know whether or not youre the type whod appreciate a whole album of William Blake poems set to...
View ArticleStay Tuned: Buying and selling history on Pawn Stars
When I think about pawn shops, I imagine them as places where people who are down on their luck go to sell a precious object out of desperation. Or maybe the deals are less a sacrifice and more a shady...
View ArticleThe Farr Side: Clarkson, Fun could score big at Grammys
Nominees for the 55th annual Grammy Awards were announced last week during a live telecast concert on CBS. Hosted by LL Cool J and Taylor Swift, nominees in several major categories were announced...
View ArticleMusic review: New releases avoid the Christmas music curse
Even for those people (you know who you are) who enjoy a good Christmas tune now and again, come Dec. 26 even the catchiest holiday albums feel sort of like a bad hangover, removed quickly from iPod...
View ArticleMardi Gras rolling despite New Orleans rain threat
Parading began around dawn, led by clarinetist Pete Fountain and his Half-Fast Marching Club. The Zulu krewe and the parade of Rex, King of Carnival, were to wind their way down stately St. Charles...
View ArticleMSU Banners Cultural Series kicks off campaign
The membership campaign for the 21st season of the Banners Cultural Series at McNeese State University is currently underway and people still have time to get their tickets for this season's 20 events.
View ArticleAnalog audio making comeback thanks to turntable restorers
This is my technical hobby and passion.Those words greet whoever reads Marion Haleckers Craigslist ad under the title: Vintage Turntables.Indeed, stacks of vintage turntables, receivers and...
View ArticleMSU Banners Cultural Series kicks off campaign
The membership campaign for the 21st season of the Banners Cultural Series at McNeese State University is currently underway and people still have time to get their tickets for this season's 20 events.
View ArticleAlbum review: Susan McKeown, Belong
Susan McKeown, Belong (Hibernian Music)Stunning is probably one of the most overused words going, but Im struggling for another one to describe the voice of Susan McKeown. Tremulous and rich, her...
View ArticleAlbum review: Frank Turner, Last Minutes and Lost Evenings
Frank Turner, Last Minutes and Lost Evenings (Epitaph)Having released his first full-length solo album just five years ago, it may seem a little soon for a Frank Turner best-of compilation. But as...
View ArticleAlbum review: Sean Hayes, Before We Turn To Dust
Sean Hayes, Before We Turn To Dust (Sean Hayes Music)If the Black Keys are the current blues practioners who sound like they would roll you for your change in the alley behind the bar, Sean Hayes is...
View ArticleAlbum reviews: Recent and recommended for November
Martha Redbone Roots Project, The Garden of Love (Blackfeet Productions)You probably think you know whether or not youre the type whod appreciate a whole album of William Blake poems set to...
View ArticleStay Tuned: Buying and selling history on Pawn Stars
When I think about pawn shops, I imagine them as places where people who are down on their luck go to sell a precious object out of desperation. Or maybe the deals are less a sacrifice and more a shady...
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