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While not given an elaborate set or much in the way of lighting, Dust For Life's lead singer Chris Gavin attempted to compensate for the low role given to an opening band by frequently telling the audience about his band, their self-titled debut album and "Step Into The Light," their new single, as well as inviting the audience to meet with band members during intermission. Dust For Life was clearly a relatively new band-during numbers, band members seemed to be so absorbed in their music that their interaction with the audience was minimal. Their music, standard hard...
...KOOL & THE GANG's 1986 LP spent 42 weeks on the charts, earning the band a gold record, which wasn't enough to keep the lead singer from pursuing a solo career...
...pianists--such legends as Paderewski, Hofmann, Godowsky and Rachmaninoff. Like them, Wild produces gorgeous sounds at any speed or volume, possesses vitalizing musical instincts and revels in the kinetic and sensual possibilities of the piano: its potential to evoke the grandeur of an orchestra and lyricism of a singer...
Before Terry McMillan's Waiting to Exhale, there was her Disappearing Acts. Can ambitious singer Zora (Sanaa Lathan) find love with Franklin, the construction worker who fixed up her gorgeous Brooklyn brownstone? Since the soft-hearted hardhat is a statue-buff Wesley Snipes, well, three guesses. As money and personality troubles set in, however, it turns out Zora exhaled too soon. Like many renovations, Acts is most attractive on its glossy surface; too often the subtext crashes clumsily through the drywall. But the leads do hammer charismatic performances out of the material...
...eclectic." "Boss of Me" and "Your Mom's Alright," two songs off the new "Malcolm In The Middle" soundtrack, pushed TMBG's usual style, taking the emphasis off the lyrics and focusing more on a straight-out rock sound. The latter song, co-written with M. Doughty, former lead singer of Soul Coughing, displayed the band's artful ability to keep its own very distinct flavor while integrating new styles and new players...