Will Amy Winehouse's self-destructive behavior make her a music legend -- or will it just kill her?
By James Hannaham Dec 14, 2007
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I missed the memo on how to grow up
By Cary Tennis
September 30, 2009
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In a vast new biography, Peter Guralnick takes on the late, great, silky-smooth crooner Sam Cooke.
By Charles Taylor
October 27, 2005
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Alicia Keys beats the odds, avoiding a Lauryn Hill flameout (or a Britney travesty) with the simple and joyous retro-soul of her new album.
By Baz Dreisinger
December 9, 2003
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Al Green has never matched the nuanced, whispered restraint of his early-'70s classics. But a long-awaited reunion album with producer Willie Mitchell reminds us of his greatness.
By Thomas Bartlett
November 17, 2003
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After her strokes, my grandmother is still here. But what is left is base behavior and compulsion, unleavened by charity, kindness or faith.
By Theresa Pinto Sherer
January 7, 2002
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Soul singer Kina has a background like Sheryl Crow, a voice like Tina Turner and a debut record so good it makes you forget how silly the words are.
By Bruce Van Ness
July 25, 2000
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It's hard to make chicken soup for the soul when your refrigerator is facing a past-life mind-soul fragment that's blocking your chi.
By Carina Chocano
July 20, 2000
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For just a few bucks, an Italian housewife will do your praying for you.
By J.A. Getzlaff
May 1, 2000
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An interview with Sherwin B. Nuland, author of "The Mysteries Within: A
Surgeon Reflects on Medical Myths."
By David Bowman
April 3, 2000
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The real reason you can't sell your soul on eBay: There's just no way to prove you can make good to the winning bidder.
By Stephen Lemons
February 25, 2000
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A peripatetic seeker reflects on the quest at the heart of the pilgrimage.
By Pico Iyer
December 15, 1999
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Unable to translate critical success into mainstream sales, Me'Shell Ndegeocello ends up "Bitter."
By Alex Pappademas
September 10, 1999
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I'm the lamest craze: Macy Gray is nothing but a new soul pretender.
By Kandia Crazy Horse
August 10, 1999
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Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine
By J. Poet
April 8, 1998
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Researchers have discovered what romantics have long suspected: that chaos and love are the same, and they're both good for the heart.
By Geoff Shandler
February 13, 1998
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Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine
By Michelle Goldberg
December 2, 1997
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Sharps & Flats is a daily music review in Salon Magazine
By Natasha Stovall
November 11, 1997
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