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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tracychapman.com/" title="official website"&gt;&lt;img width="181" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3215/3114355908_7bd004b13c_m.jpg" alt="tracy chapman" height="217" style="float:right;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;I have long been a fan of Tracy Chapman.&amp;nbsp; She has a beautiful, soulful voice that&amp;nbsp;lends itself to the simple but smart and touching songs that she&amp;nbsp;writes.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img width="128" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3134/3114377446_dfda6db0f7_m.jpg" alt="tracy chapman in harvard square" height="165" style="float:right;" /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Our Bright Future&amp;quot; is her 8th&amp;nbsp;album. She started out 23 years ago&amp;nbsp;in little cafes near Harvard Square, strumming her acoustic guitar and singing her songs to whoever would listen.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Now of course,&amp;nbsp;she can afford to hire expensive backup players and arrangers.&amp;nbsp; But it is still the same&amp;nbsp;Chapman we know and love.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;You can listen to these songs for their social message or you can just relax into their&amp;nbsp;warm beauty.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Either way a new Chapman cd is always a treat!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;And visit her &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="http://www.tracychapman.com/" title="chapman website"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;website&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;.&amp;nbsp; It&amp;#39;s way cool!&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://evpl.org/community/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1017" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://evpl.org/community/blogs/music/archive/tags/reviews/default.aspx">reviews</category><category domain="http://evpl.org/community/blogs/music/archive/tags/rock+and+roll/default.aspx">rock and roll</category><category domain="http://evpl.org/community/blogs/music/archive/tags/soul/default.aspx">soul</category><category domain="http://evpl.org/community/blogs/music/archive/tags/tracy+chapman/default.aspx">tracy chapman</category><category domain="http://evpl.org/community/blogs/music/archive/tags/our+bright+future/default.aspx">our bright future</category></item></channel></rss>