Diana Krall: Glad Rag Doll
Diana Krall’s Glad Rag Doll is an album of sweet contradictions. Featuring 13 tracks that are wonderfully arranged to bring out Krall’s smoky voice, this 11th studio album is both old and new, rustic and refined, poised but powerfully seductive. Krall’s diversity of style shows through with such elegance as she belts out timeless…
Lisa Marie Presley: Storm and Grace
Storm and Grace is Lisa Marie Presley’s third album. Although the daughter of Elvis and ex-wife of the late Michael Jackson never quite made it as a pop-rock diva, she does have her own unique style. The fifteen original songs that Lisa wrote for this album are very upfront and real. They reflect her unpretentiously…
Rolling Stones – GRRR!
Having just celebrated their 50th anniversary together, the Rolling Stones are definitely not taking themselves too seriously with their newest album GRRR! Despite the somewhat tacky title and gorilla sleeve, this 50-track compilation serves up old favorites you’ve grown up with, supplemented by just enough new material to keep you coming back for more.…
Boyz II Men: Twenty
One of the most successful vocal groups of the 90s – BoyzIIMen is back with a new studio album called Twenty. It’s a double CD with familiar favourites on CD2. While the album may be new, something in its throwback feel makes it sound out of time. Maybe it’s the product of old school…
Carole King – The Legendary Demos Advance CD
Best known for her album Tapestry, American singer-songwriter Carole King is back with The Legendary Demos, a collection of iconic demo tracks that were previously unreleased. The album gets off to a chirpy start with Pleasant Valley Sunday, which is a sun-shiny feel-good song that gets you singing and tapping along. These 60’s demo tracks have captured…
Brand New by Sarah Cheng-De Winne
What do you get when you put a presenter, producer, photographer, jazz and pop artist into a box and give it a good shake? You get singer-songwriter Sarah Cheng-De Winne. And she’s back in the local music scene with her second album entitled Brand New. Two years after her debut album, Let’s Pretend, Sarah…
Wanna supercharge your brain? Have some…
Almonds! I love almonds! Who doesn’t? Almonds are an excellent brain food, aids in the development of the brain in growing children and prevents Alzheimer’s disease in the elderly. Almonds are also believed to improve memory. A glass of almond milk before you go to bed or after you get up in the morning, strengthens your memory power…
Xanadu…oo…ooh
Watching her get physical, was magic! First, it was Xanadu. Then suddenly, the duet. She looks just as I’d remembered her from the warm, summer nights more than 30 years ago – Sandy Olsen from Grease (1978). Her sweet innocence and demeanour was so captivating. If there’s such a thing as a “girl-crush”, I had that.…
Jane Eyre – a book review
pas·sion noun /ˈpaSHən/ as defined by dictionary.com is a strong, barely controllable emotion; a thing arousing enthusiasm. But, according to inspirational speaker and corporate trainer Francis J. Kong, passion is “a willingness to suffer” which suggests that passion is and can be deliberately willed… into existence. When English writer Charlotte Bronte first wrote the novel…
Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year 2011
2010 has been a very exciting and fulfilling year for me. I certainly hope that it has been for you too. And as the year draws to a close, I’ll like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a blessed 2011. Thanks for supporting me on The Evening Drive and My Favourite Things on…