Category: Musicans You Aren’t Listening To, But Should Be
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I came to Billie Piper’s music backwards after initially discovering her work when I first started watching Doctor Who. Piper initially broke out (at age 15) in 1998 with her debut single, “Because We Want To,” which went straight to the top of the charts, peaking at number 1. Her second single “Girlfriend” also went straight…
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As my Twitter feed suggests, I’m routinely going through kind of a big boy band phase. It started in high school… judge me as you see fit. I’m not sorry. In a fit of late night Googling, I came across the late 1990s, Irish boy band Westlife (just like my Take That fixation, I’m…
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We can all agree, nostalgia is so, so hot right now. That’s what this new series is going to look at. We all have things from our respective formative years, and YouTube makes it so easy to rediscover that (hopefully) awesome stuff you forgot about from your childhood. Let’s bask in the nostalgia of the…
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I’ve mentioned before that I was quite the musical fangirl during my formative years. If it had Andrew Lloyd Webber or Cameron Mackintosh‘s name on it, I was oh-so-there. I first stumbled on David Campbell’s work during this musical heavy period. One day, I tuned into Hey Mr. Producer: The World of Cameron Mackintosh (the Cameron Mackintosh…
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Every boy band has the “other guy”. He’s always there, he’s usually gorgeous, but never really has much to do. Think of Kevin Richardson in the Backstreet Boys, or Jason Orange in one of my all-time favorites, Take That. With the release of his debut album, Home, it seems that Westlife’s Kian Egan has taken…
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Now that San Diego Comic Con has ended, I can take a breath and get back on form. (Well, almost… once the summer installment of NaNoWrMo wraps up, I’ll be 100% back). This week’s installment of Musicians You Probably Aren’t Listening To focuses on a singer-songwriter who is relatively new to the music scene. Laurence…
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I wish I could lie and say that I started listening to Delta Goodrem’s music on my own. Unfortunately, as my brain typically seems to work, I go through phases. (Does anyone else do this?) “Oh, I’m really into Westlife right now…” *runs to YouTube*… “What did Brian McFadden do once he left the group?”….”Almost…
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So, I’ve delved into it on multiple occasions and mutliple times that I was painfully late to the Take That party. While I was almost as late in joining the Westlife bandwagon, but turns out it’s a great time to be following the former members of the Irish boyband (read: super-group). Shane, Kian, Markus and Nicky…
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Faithful readers will know, I’m a sucker for a light, fluffy pop song. So, I had my eyes pried open when I watched the Eurovision Song Contest this year. I’ve followed Eurovision off and on for a few years now, but have been stymied by that whole living in the United States thing. As an…
