Sixties icon Carly Simon is suing Starbucks, blaming bosses of the coffee chain's record label for the poor sales of her 2008 album This Kind Of Love. Simon signed a deal to release the Brazilian-themed disc through Starbucks' Hear Music label. The record sold just 124,000 copies, a third of ...
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Carly Simon has told the New York Times that she is suing Starbucks and its Hear Music label over their handling of her last album, This Kind of Love.Simon filed suit in Los Angeles on Friday, contending that Starbucks did not tell her that they were shutting their music division, an action that happened five days before This Kind of Love was released. The action by Starbucks, which included f...
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Carly Simon has never been one to play to the masses, especially when it includes long plane flights over large bodies of water. The singer suffers both stage freight and fear of flying, so Europe has always been out of the question.Simon told Reuters on Thursday that she's putting that behind her and will play a tour of small venues in Europe starting in January. She told reporters "I like t...
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Giving Voice to a Group of Children Often Ridiculed or Silenced By StutteringCarly Simon, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Duncan Sheik, John Forte and Others From the Worlds of Pop, Rock, Broadway, Hip-Hop and R&B to Appear on a Remarkable CD, 'LISTEN'Songs Written By Children Who Stutter Bring Artists Together in a Calling for CompassionJune 23rd Album to Benefit 'Our Time' OrganizationFeatured on NB...
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Carly Simon deserves a strong comeback, but this oddball project of re-recorded hits and misses isn't it.The obvious question is, "Why?" That is, why would a legendary artist go back into the studio and re-cut her best-loved hits for a new release? What makes Carly Simon's new project especially confusing is that no one thinks her classic singles need the least bit of tinkering with; those mell...
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How great is "Nobody does it better"? I just rediscovered this song--and i just love it--makes me smile.
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Ok,You might ask, "What do Baseball and Jazz have to do with each other?"Well, there are a couple of tracks on this "Baseball: A Film by Ken Burns" PBS soundtrack that really swing!My favorite is "Take Me Out to the Ballgame":http://www.amazon.com/gp/music/wma-pop-up/B000005J2P001029/ref=mu_sam_wma_001_029 performed by Carly Simon. Although she did a version of this great American song back in ...
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Starbucks' Hear Music label has a major hard on for '70s easy listening. They've already signed Paul McCartney, Joni Mitchell and James Taylor and now they are adding Taylor's old flame Carly Simon into the mix. Simon will release This Kind of Love, a 13-track Brazilian flavored album on April 29th. The album is the first new album of new material from the singer-songwriter in eight years. For ...
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Giving Voice to a Group of Children Often Ridiculed or Silenced By StutteringCarly Simon, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Duncan Sheik, John Forte and Others From the Worlds of Pop, Rock, Broadway, Hip-Hop and R&B to Appear on a Remarkable CD, 'LISTEN'Songs Written By Children Who Stutter Bring Artists Together in a Calling for CompassionJune 23rd Album to Benefit 'Our Time' OrganizationFeatured on NB...
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I previously asked if it would "ruin the climax to post my Favorite Album of 2008 in advance of the remaining albums" and was told it wouldn't. But I then discovered that what would ruin the climax would be not to post the album or the entire list until January 24th. Did anyone read it? I am not sure. I guess the end of January is already 1/12 into the 2009 music season. Duly noted.
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I admit, I've always had a soft spot for Carly.This from her Anticipation album which I felt compelled to play well, because summers coming around again
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| 1 You're So Vain |
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| 2 I'll Just Remember You |
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| 3 Haven't Got Time for the Pain |
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| 4 You Are My Sunshine |
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| 5 You Belong to Me |
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