Laura Nyro
Review of Boys Don’t Cry
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When I first started performing, it was early Barbra Streisand, Tina Turner, the Rolling Stones, Laura Nyro ... They all went into my soufflé. As my soufflé has continued to rise, those ingredients have gotten more blended. We do try to be original, but I continue to look back to the people I loved when I was young. Or we get in a rut, and someone recharges our batteries.
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Rumer's old music: Laura Nyro – American Dove
are some artists that only come to you when you're ready. People had been talking to me about Laura Nyro for years, but I was more familiar with her songs that had become hits for other performers; see the Fifth Dimension in particular (Wedding Bell Blues, from The Guardian Music Read more »
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High Five: HIGH FIVE: Shepley Metcalf
Israel on drums, Metcalf pays her own tribute with a show at Scullers on Tuesday dubbed “Can You Surry? The Songs of Laura Nyro.” We chatted with her about five recordings she feels would be a good introduction to Nyro. For more from BostonGlobe.com, sign from Boston.com Read more »
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Tonight’s HBO ‘Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’ special is a fitting eulogy for Beastie Boys’ Adam Yauch: A review
to recite an enjoyably awful new poem (“a shaman am I”) as well as to sing “Season of the Witch.” I was never much of a fan of Laura Nyro’s pop-jazzy, humorlessly discursive albums, but there’s no denying the pop fizz of a few of the songs that became hits from Entertainment Weekly Read more »
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Adam Yauch, member of groundbreaking hip-hop band Beastie Boys, dies at age 47
included hard-rockers Guns N' Roses, '60s icon Donovan, funk-rockers the Red Hot Chili Peppers and acclaimed songwriter Laura Nyro. The Beasties were chosen for both their versatility and their importance in bringing hip-hop to a wider audience, among other from The San Jose Mercury News Read more »
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HBO Presents: The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
can you see Donovan, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Beastie Boys, Laura Nyro, Guns-n-Roses and Chris Rock under one roof? The 27th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and the only place to see it is on HBO! Premiering this Saturday, May 5th at from RealTelevision.net Read more »
