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RollingStone.com

'American Idol' Phillip Phillips: My First Single Is 'A Little Too Pop'
RollingStone.com
The Georgia native won voters over with his singer-songwriter style and knack for tailoring a randomly assigned song to his own aesthetic. And he managed to win despite suffering through a severe kidney illness that required numerous doctor visits and ...
'American Idol': Jessica Sanchez talks up Phillip PhillipsLos Angeles Times
Jessica Sanchez has "no regrets" about time on 'Idol'USA TODAY
American Idol Season 11: Conference Call With Jessica SanchezRealitywanted
Reality TV World -Christian Science Monitor
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Globe and Mail

Song of the Summer: Carly Rae Jepsen? Rita Ora? Icona Pop? Maybe a boy band?
Washington Post
After Memorial Day, we start taking not-so-serious pop songs a lot more seriously. That's when any old hit single suddenly becomes a contender for The Song of the Summer ? that magical swatch of rhythm and melody that will define our hot months, ...
Carly Rae Jepsen Jumps to No. 2 on Hot 100, Gotye Still No. 1Billboard
The top 10 songs and albums on the iTunes StoreCBS News
Carly Rae Jepsen Jumps to No. 1 on Digital Songs, No. 2 on Hot 100Billboard.biz
WTMM 104.5 The Team - ESPN Radio
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Songs from the dark
Phnom Penh Post
In a non-descript recording studio at the end of a twisting alley off Street 246, three musicians have been spending the last year and a half recording a collection of 14 original songs that rely solely on a guitar and two voices: one from a man who is ...

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Summer songs, 2002-2011
Washington Post
Read about this year's contender's for the song of summer. Here are some summer jams from seasons past: 2002: Cam'Ron feat. Juelz Santana, ?Oh Boy? Jimmy Eat World, ?The Middle? Nelly, ?Hot in Herre? 2003: Beyonce feat. Jay-Z, ?Crazy in Love,? Lumidee, ...



musicOMH.com

Regina Spektor Still Doesn't Write Anything Down
NPR
by NPR Staff The songs on What We Saw From the Cheap Seats don't come just from the past year but from a span of "10 years or more," Regina Spektor says. The songs on What We Saw From the Cheap Seats don't come just from the past year but from a span ...
Regina Spektor - What We Saw From The Cheap Seats 25 May 07:53Drowned In Sound

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Shawn Rosenblatt in different state of mind after '50 songs'
Chicago Tribune
Hawaii was the final leg of Shawn Rosenblatt's 50 songs in 50 states project, and it ended under less auspicious circumstances than it began ? by himself, in a windowless room of a group house occupied by strangers. "Being jet-lagged and all alone ...



PerezHilton.com

Maroon 5 Is Old! Releasing Songs About Jane Anniversary Edition!
PerezHilton.com
It's almost been ten years since Adam Levine and Co. ruined delighted the music world with their ear-splitting hit This Love from debut album Songs About Jane. SO, the minds behind Maroon 5 have decided to release an anniversary edition of Jane, ...

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Popdust

Let's Count The Songs J. Lo And Flo Rida's ?Goin' In? Rips Off, Moment By Moment
Popdust
Jennifer Lopez previewed her new song ?Goin' In? on American Idol's finale. It is exactly the song you'd expect at this stage of her career: a synthpop track with a guest verse and J. Lo's voice smeared and distorted on top like melted frosting roses.

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Financial Mirror

POLL: Who Will Win Eurovision 2012?
Financial Mirror
The song contest started in the 1950s, and each country competing is represented by a single singing group or soloist. Because Azerbaijan won last year, Eurovision is being staged in its capital, Baku. Azerbaijan, a mainly Muslim ex-Soviet republic, ...
Factbox: The 2012 Eurovision Song ContestChicago Tribune
Songs of freedom for AzerbaijanFinancial Times
Eurovision hosts will only let us sing songs they likeBelfast Telegraph

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Songs We Wish We Could Forget: Aqua - "Barbie Girl"
Blinded By Sound
I managed to read this song in two (very, very) different ways. In one way, this song is a scathing satire, and for that at least interesting. In the other way, it is a creepy, repulsive, and misogynistic song. Allow me to explore both options.