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Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Did the CMAs get it right?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Sugarland (vocal duo of the year), 17-year-old Taylor Swift (horizon award for newcomer) and Rascal Flatts (top vocal group) were among the most notable winners during the CMA awards on Wednesday. Do you agree or was another act robbed? Who should have walked away a winner in Nashville?
Alicia Keys in Atlanta
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Once again, it has been an amazing time for live R&B music in Atlanta of late.
The crowd at the Georgia Depot is probably still regaining its senses after Jill Scott’s electric private show last week. (And not just because Bailey’s liquer was pouring - heavily). The next night members of Scott’s incredible 11-piece band - including Atlanta drummer Lil John Roberts - sat in with Joi, and a local all-star line-up of vocalists including Anthony David, Philippia and Kerisha Roi. Three days later hip-hop legend Queen Latifah tried her hand at such sweetly soulful tunes as Phoebe Snow’s “Poetry Man” and the Pointer Sisters’ “How Long (Betcha Got A Chick On the Side” at Symphony Hall.
And then last night, there was Alicia Keys.
To celebrate the Frank and Wanda Morning Show’s ninth year on the air at V-103 - as a frequent ratings leader, no less - the nine-time Grammy winner headlined a free show at the Tabernacle Tuesday, where she previewed her third CD “As I Am,” in stores next Tuesday.
As J Warren of Decatur’s Vibes, Music and More put it, the songs she played from the new album often sounded like “Alicia discovered John Lennon.” Very heavy on the Beatles influences.
Were you among the hundreds who won tickets to the show? What’s your take on the new material? Do you think her being sick - as she conceded from the stage - affected her performance? Or if you weren’t there, but have heard her new songs “No One” and the very “Purple Rain”-like “Like You’ll Never See Me Again,” what are your thoughts of/hopes for her new direction?
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