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by Linda Matlow/Pix International
STING SWINGS IN...• Supporting his latest releases: Grammy-Award Winning Sacred Love (CD), Inside (DVD), Broken Music (book), rock icon –– STING –– appeared at Border’s Books & Music on Michigan Avenue for 200 lucky fans that stood in line the day before. PHAIR BITES AT THE APPLE ...• Indie grrrl turned pop chanteuse Liz Phair performed at the Apple Store on Michigan Avenue while making a hometown appearance in support of her new single, “Why Can’t I” from her self titled CD, Liz Phair. RHONDA’S WINGS FLY HERE ...• Bluegrass music’s three-time “Female Vocalist of the Year,” Rhonda Vincent performed and signed at Border’s Books & Music’s Michigan Avenue store in support of her latest CD, If Heartaches Had Wings. JONATHA JAMS ON STATE ...• Jonatha Brooke returned for an exclusive Borders Books & Music show to support her new CD, Back In The Circus, at the State Street Store. Since the early 1990s, the vivacious singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Jonatha Brooke, has won immense critical acclaim and built a remarkably devoted fan base. Helping her accomplish this has been a series of beguiling albums which showcase her supple, expressive voice and adventurous, insightful songwriting. Those qualities are particularly impressive on Back In The Circus, which includes haunting and personally-charged tunes, such as “Back in the Circus,” “Everything I Wanted,” “Sally,” “Sleeping with the Light On” and “Less Than Love Is Nothing” (the latter co-written and co-produced by Eric Bazilian of Hooters/Joan Osborne fame). This CD signals the start of a compelling new chapter in Brooke’s unique musical career. The new collection is the much-anticipated follow up to her well-received 2001 release, Steady Pull, which achieved a remarkable level of retail and media success without the benefit of major-label support. While her new songs exemplify the same standards of lyrical honesty and melodic craft that have long endeared her to her fans, Back In The Circus, also finds Brooke exploring challenging new sonic territory. The blend of craft and commitment that drives Back in the Circus has long been a constant in Jonatha Brooke’s work. She started playing guitar and writing songs while in her teens, and began performing with fellow student Jennifer Kimball while both were attending western Massachusetts’ Amherst College. As The Story, the duo became a regionally popular live act, and in 1991 released an acclaimed debut album, Grace In Gravity, on the independent folk label Green Linnet. The album’s grass-roots success won The Story a major-label deal with Elektra, which reissued Grace In Gravity and released the pair’s 1993 sophomore effort, The Angel in the House. Brooke then launched a consistently compelling solo career, signing with MCA/Blue Thumb for 1995’s Plumb and 1997’s 10 Cent Wings, which saw her original folk-pop style evolve towards a more expansive, hard-to-pigeonhole sound. After splitting with MCA, she took charge of her career by launching Bad Dog Records for 1999’s Jonatha Brooke Live and 2001’s Steady Pull. Despite the lack of corporate clout and major-label cash, those indie releases achieved substantial success, significantly expanding Brooke’s audience and confirming her firmly held conviction that –– “There’s still a huge audience out there of people who want to hear something that’s honest and real.” JONATHA JAMS ON STATE ...• More than any President in recent memory, George W. Bush, invokes the language of “good versus evil” and “right versus wrong”. Controversial professor of ethics Peter Singer has put his spotlight on President Bush’s moral claims. The results are required reading. Examining public pronouncements that have rarely been subjected to ethical analysis, on topics from stem-cell research and tax cuts to Iraq, to the drive for American preeminence, The President of Good and Evil reveals the President’s pattern of ethical confusion and self-contradiction. Delivering his charges in accessible, logical, and lively chapters, Singer asks whether Bush has lived up to the values so often touted in current presidential prose. The President of Good and Evil follows in the bestselling traditions of Stupid White Men and Lies. Singer has never shied away from controversy, and now enters the most visible arena of his life, with powerful arguments that throw new light on America under Bush. | ||
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