Celine Dion – Loved Me Back to Life
My Heart Will Go On singer Celine Dion may have had some help conceiving her three sons. But she needed no help at all getting pregnant with ideas and birthing her brand new album – Loved Me Back to Life. After a six-year haitus, the 45-year-old Canadian crooner is ready to woo the world with…
Tony Bennett Live in Singapore 2013
I’m looking at and watching a man who once served in World War II as an infantryman and sang in the military band under the alias Joe Bari. This was until 1949 when he went on a road trip with Bob Hope and took up the latter’s suggestion to change his name to Tony…
Michael Buble – To Be Loved
With Michael Buble, everything seems frozen in time in the swinging 60s. The broad way style of his music, the big bands and his crooning reminds us of the popular Frank Sinatra. But Michael Buble is his own man. And he scores big again with this 8th studio album To Be Loved where he covers…
George Benson – Inspiration: A Tribute to Nat King Cole
40 years in the business and he’s still going on strong. Fact is, George Benson is legend and he’s back with yet another great album called Inspiration – a tribute to Nat King Cole. This album is like a musical homecoming. He sets the stage with a recording of Mona Lisa recorded when he was…
George Benson Live in Singapore 2013!
40 years on and you’ll be expecting notes to slip and slide, articulation to be compromised, showmanship to be somewhat sloppy like the stars of yesteryears. No, not George Benson. He is legend. Last night, the concert at the Kallang Theatre was phenomenal! I was entertained and mostly I was impressed by his vocal versatility…
It’s Only Words…or is it?
Quarrels are inevitable. Just ask mom and dad. But seriously, why do couples quarrel? There are myriad triggers to quarrels – money, children, in-laws… the list goes on. But is this what it’s really all about? Interestingly, recent research by Baylor University has concluded that quarrels are essentially power struggles. And what you really want when you start…
Jamie Cullum – Momentum
34-year-old Grammy nominee Jamie Cullum is back with his latest album, Momentum. This is the 6th studio album since the ruddy face Jamie made his debut back in 1999. The crossover artist from jazz to pop keeps this album moving with tracks like Edge of Something, Everything You Didn’t Do and The Same Things. With…
Hayley Westenra – HUSHABYE
New Zealand songstress Hayley Westenra pays tribute to His Royal Highness Prince George of Cambridge – Prince William and Kate’s firstborn with an enchanting new album – Hushabye – a set of essential lullabies. Perhaps continuing in the style of music written for their royal wedding in 2011, Welsh composer Paul Mealor also composed the music for Sleep On with lyrics by Brendan Graham. Somewhere…
Andreas Ottensamer – PORTRAITS
Now he reminds me of the Pied Piper of Hamelin but he’s from Austria. And accompanying him, The Rottedam Philharmonic Orchestra. Andreas Ottensamer is the new kid on the block in the classical music scene. And what does the 24- year-old bring to the table – music of Cimarosa, Gershwin and Copland. A collection of his…
Sarah Brightman – Dreamchaser
Sarah Brightman’s latest album Dreamchaser – a collection of operatic classical-pop covers – is simply spellbinding. The overall feel of these 11 tracks is mysterious, ethereal, even a little out of this world if I might add. Possibly inspired by her recent cosmonaut training,…