
Leave it to my expat brother Alexi, who has been living in Toronto since the end of the last century, to set me straight and send me a list of key mainstream Canadian artists that I left out of my previous post. Some of them I've never heard of (Angela Hewitt? Ben Heppner? Canadian Brass? jacksoul?), which sort of makes me wonder what I'm missing out on. Crash course time! Others I'm not terribly familiar with -- or in love with -- outside of a few singles or their glowing industry reps (Crash Test Dummies, Steppenwolf, Diana [...]

Tuskegee Believe it or not, I have been listening to mostly country music over the past year or so. So it has been a challenge to keep up with my blues blog. I really do love all kinds of music, so imagine how excited I was when I heard about the Lionel Richie Tuskegee album. It mixes too of my favorite kinds of music, R&B and Country. It reminds me when I was young and I sang these songs (if there is a sound track for my youth, these songs are on [...]

It's a shame that it's up to Justin Bieber and Carly Rae Jepsen to wave the Canadian flag in the U.S. Top 10 right now. ( Drake , please come back, and bring Rihanna with you!) The U.S. neighbor to the north has contributed so much more and so much better to popular culture over the years: William Shatner, Michael J. Fox, Ryan Gosling , Ryan Reynolds, Rachel McAdams and Degrassi . But it's in song that Canada has truly excelled, though it seems to be rarely acknowledged. The British invasions [...]

The best kept secret in the music industry is that pop divas, like fine wines and British actors, only get better with age. So far this year we've seen Madonna score her eighth Billboard chart-topping album (however short-lived), Jennifer Lopez storm the iTunes chart with " Dance Again " and the re-emergence of Gwen Stefani as the voice of No Doubt . With new albums from Shania Twain , [...]

The Blizzard of '96: the view from my 34th St. apartment In my nearly six years spent living abroad, I've been asked pretty much every question under the sun, some of which are more mundane and predictable than others. By now, though, I've perfected a response for pretty much every single one of them. Q: "Te gusta Argentina?" A: "Well, if I didn't like it, why would I still be here after four and a half years." [...]
First, as much as we love the banjo, we don't think it should be on this track. Second, what a janky video for two big-name artists like them. Shania Twain looks like she is still stuck in the "You're Still The One" video. Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: album single , cover , endless love , lionel richie , new , shania twain
She a lil post 4am, daylight savings time, back homo post two fab eves in one night, and the LIONEL RICHIE teams up with the SHANIA TWAIN for their cover of a new single, and video, ENDLESS LOVE . Pre-skype this video couldn't have been made.

Favorites is our recurring video series on the personal preferences of the pop artists who inspire us. Because the artists we love love stuff too. "This Little Girl" songstress Cady Groves is about to wrap up her North American trek with "Tonight, Tonight" pop-rockers Hot Chelle Rae, and while they were on the road together we thought it would be great fun to sit them all down and prod them on what some of their favorite things are. Little did we know we'd be hearing about the Shania Twain back [...]

Sometimes, when I'm wide awake in dreamland (to quote the title of one of Pat Benatar's '80s albums, her final one to go gold), I fantasize about a world where Benatar is a chart superstar again. But that's one dream that won't likely be coming true. I once had a conversation with a publicist for EMI Records, an affiliate of Benatar's then-label, Chrysalis Records (a publicist who, incidentally, later married Curt Smith from Tears for Fears, speaking of comebacks that would be most welcome) right around the time that Benatar's 1993 Gravity's Rainbow album flopped. [...]

The truth: You can't. That's not something I learned from watching romantic comedies starring Jennifer Aniston or Sex and the City . It's a cold hard fact of life. It's not just about how long you were together ("Time makes lovers feel like they've got something real," Boy George once sang, but that's just romantic naivete), it's intensity of feeling, too. The more you care about someone, the harder it is not to. That goes double for the ones who break your heart by cheating or stealing, or the ones who break up with you [...]
love a love love the MICHAEL BUBLE ! and here's some behind the scenes footage of the he-singer in a virtual studio with the SHANIA TWAIN recording a WHITE XMAS mp3. bless the internet. wotyougot

Just when we were sitting around wondering why there hasn't been a proper Mark Taylor-produced global pop smash (such as Cher's "Believe," Kylie Minogue's "On A Night Like This," Enrique Iglesias' "Hero," etc.) in ages, along comes a snippet of a remix that British studio whiz Mark Taylor did up for Lady Gaga's "You And I." PopJustice posted the tease today and asked, "But you know how it would sound even better if instead of sounding like a Shania Twain ballad it sounded like a linedance-friendly Shania Twain banger?" Why, yes, we do! Listen below. [...]
Michael Buble has confirmed that he will be releasing a new Christmas album come this holiday season. The pop singer said that he already has most of the disc completed, which includes covers of "Blue Christmas", Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas is You" and a brand new original track. Michael also revealed that there are a number of duets on the album. He said "Shania Twain, which is really fantastic … White Christmas, we did. We did it bouncy. I was inspired by Home Alone, the Drifters." He also said that he hopes that this album will be [...]

First, a true confession: I don't do drag -- not as a queen, and not as a fan. I know that any self-respecting gay man is supposed to love the campy burlesque and embrace the bawdy humor of drag shows, but as far as I'm concerned, Saturday night fever would be so much hotter without them. For the most part, they just interrupt my flirting fun and bore me as silly as they are. If only the ones I've suffered through in Buenos Aires and, more recently, in Melbourne were half as entertaining as the drag act [...]

First, a true confession: I don't do drag -- not as a queen, and not as a fan. I know that any self-respecting gay man is supposed to love the campy burlesque and embrace the bawdy humor of drag shows, but as far as I'm concerned, Saturday night fever would be so much hotter without them. For the most part, they just interrupt my flirting fun and bore me as silly as they are. If only the ones I've suffered through in Buenos Aires and, more recently, in Melbourne were half as entertaining as the drag act [...]
Shania Twain riuscì ad avere un grandissimo seguito ai tempi d'oro di "That Don't Impress Me Much" e di "Man I Feel Like A Woman". Fu in grado di emanciparsi dal mood country e di ammiccare ad un pubblico mondiale. Da allora poi abbiamo sempre sentito parlar meno di lei, anche se l'America, bisogna dirlo, non l'ha mai snobbata. Adesso la bella cantante ci riprova con un nuovo album trainato dal primo singolo "Today Is Your Day" di cui vi mostriamo qui in alto il video ufficiale pieno di scene di repertorio allegre, spensierate e che hanno [...]
today she looks like a beautiful day (summer time loving innit) and the SHANIA TWAIN shares personal footage of her days via the release of her official video for TODAY IS YOUR DAY . wotyougot

Shania is back and here's her message for you today From This Moment On
Black Eyed Peas - Don't Stop The Party I'm not sure that BEP has released any singles from this latest album that I've liked. This definitely doesn't break the pattern. It's not as irritating as a few of the others, but it's not as effortlessly catchy as their best work. The production's better than the hooks. C- Selena Gomez & The Scene - Bang Bang Bang Not technically a single (just a promo release), but I wanted to include it because I (surprisingly) have really [...]

she been a good month for the SHANIA TWAIN . last week she got a Hollywood Star, this week she doing the COUNTRY WEEKLY where she opens up re her personal life, new autobiography, future musical plans plusmore. wotyougot