Tom Jones ROCKS!! (seriously!)

E-Dub@evpl — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:34:00 GMT

So in my musical duties here at the library, I regularly peruse various music mags & blogs (the subject for another blog post on another day because I'm just so excited about this post I can't stop now!). Today...okay, literally 5 minutes ago....I ran across an article in Billboard about Tom Jones' new album (!) coming out Nov. 25!! BTW, it's a shame that the online article linked above doesn't use the same pic of him as in the print version...which looks much more like this:

The man must be serious about his tanning. At any rate, at 68 years old (how CAN that be??), he's still majorly rockin' out!

The album, entitled 24 Hours, is his first US release in 15 years and he credits Amy Winehouse as an influence in his desire for "doing a retro sound but new." Check out this live performance of a track that will be on the album. This man can SING:

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Never fear, this is on order for the library (I'll update this entry with a link once the record for it is available in the catalog so you can put a hold on it). Get ready for some awesome retro soul done by The Master. In the meantime, check out some classic TJ in our collection.

Duffy ---shades of Lulu, Dusty Springfield, and Amy Winehouse

this.is.not.here@evpl — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:03:00 GMT

I just saw Duffy the musical guest on Saturday Night Live a few minutes ago. The song she sang was Mercy from her CD Rockferry. Once again my faith in the bright future of music for girl singers is restored. It started when I first saw Amy Winehouse on I think it was the MTV music awards. There she was with her eye makeup and Ronnie Spector hairstyle singing Rehab and I was just blown away. The best part was that she had a really good and very unique sounding voice. She was not a carbon copy of the endless string of female singers such as Celine Dion, and Mariah Carey with their really annoying endless warbling final note to all their songs.

I was again really impressed with Duffy. As I listened to her wonderful sixties girl singer voice and saw her simple choreography worthy of The Ronettes on Shindig I kept trying to place who she sounded like. Finally it hit me------- Lulu. So I googled Duffy and Lulu and found that she had been compared to Lulu, Dusty Springfield, Petula Clark and Amy Winehouse. I found a youtube in case anyone is interested.

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Music Blog : Amy Winehouse

Tom Jones ROCKS!! (seriously!)

Duffy ---shades of Lulu, Dusty Springfield, and Amy Winehouse