Two dance-pop divas cocksure of their power
By Dan DeLuca, Inquirer Music Critic
Shakira is the lycanthropic predator on the prowl who issues a warning to all who might resist her.
"Nocturnal creatures are not so prudent," she sings, while writhing around in a cage in a flesh-colored bodysuit, on "She Wolf," the title track of her new album, which comes out Tuesday. "The moon's my teacher, and I'm her student."
New Recordings
Pop Jessica Simpson must have done quite a number on the most genial tall-dark-and-handsome of the 2000s. Despite an even more milquetoast synergy than usual - U2 meets Sting on the opener - the fourth album from the cornball writer of "Your Body Is
Concert Previews
Chuck Prophet "As the rivers run over their banks . . . there's nowhere for a poor boy to hide," Chuck Prophet sings over the Stonesy riffage of the title song of his new album. This poor boy's answer to tough times is to keep rocking, which Pro
Reprising the keen songs of the Kinks
Leader Ray Davies is pleased by the band's young fans.
By Dan DeLuca, Inquirer Music Critic
After putting out his first solo album, Other People's Lives, in 2006, at the age of 62, it took Kinks leader Ray Davies only another year to put out the next, Working Man's Cafe. But just as he was getting the hang of going solo, Davies is now revisiting his catalog of masterfully observed songs like "Days" and "Shangri-La" with the Crouch End Festival Chorus on his new album, The Kinks Choral Collection.
Concert and club listings
In Concert The Academy of Music Broad & Locust Sts.; 215-893-1999. www.academyofmusic.org. Sexy Soul Tour. $39.75-$79.75. 11/20. 8 pm.
Casino shows and concerts
Casinos Bally's Atlantic City Park Place & The Boardwalk, Atlantic City; 609-340-2000. www.ballysac.com. Karaoke Night. The Exceptions. 11/21. 10 pm.
Guitarist plays in Israeli fete
By Eric Fine, For The Inquirer
The emerging community of Israeli jazz musicians in New York typically draws from a wide spectrum of influences, extending from Jewish, Middle Eastern, and North African songs to classical music. Guitarist Gilad Hekselman draws less from this exotic fare, and more from American jazz and blues.
Jones tries something new; 50 stands pat
By Dan DeLuca, Inquirer Music Critic
Back when people still sold CDs, Norah Jones and 50 Cent sold a lot of them. The diametrically opposed artists - she's the preternaturally pleasant soy-latte queen, he's the pathologically belligerent VitaminWater gangsta - each have a new album out today.
Merrymaking at First Unitarian
By Sam Adams, For The Inquirer
"Hey, look, I'm wearing underwear today," Alex Ebert exclaimed midway through Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros' set at First Unitarian Church on Sunday. With so much to keep track of, it's no wonder he sometimes forgets.
Roger Daltrey performs at the Borgata
By A.D. Amorosi, For The Inquirer
When the Who is on - it's really on. Maybe it hasn't always been as consistently ferocious or tuneful a live act as it once was. Then again, are you good at every aspect of what you've been doing since 1964?
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