Mayer gets better with pop through blues
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It took a year of playing rootsy blues for John Mayer to become a better pop artist.
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The new breed of pop singers loves to tell us about the burdens of stardom. Their music is better when they don't.
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Though the album has its moments, it's not entirely enticing.
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All signs point to plenty of emphasis on special teams this week in Patriotland after a shoddy performance against the Bills last Sunday in Orchard Park, N.Y. Safety Shawn Mayer , who missed a tackle on Buffalo's Terrence McGee on a 98-yard kickoff return, was released Tuesday. The Patriots brought back Je'Rod Cherry yesterday in the hopes of ...
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'Air' and 'Arcade Fire' offer new albums this week.
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Technically speaking, Ben Harper&#39;s  new record, &quot;Lifeline,&quot; was recorded during a single lively  week in the artist&#39;s home base of Paris. But it was born during  two months&#39; worth of sound checks on a European tour by Harper  and his band the Innocent Criminals.
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Bob Dylan reached the top of the U.S. pop albums chart for the first time in 30 years on Wednesday,
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Could the selections be any more varied? One minute, the exhilarating sound filling my headphones was Maria Callas, reminding me why she was a diva. A moment later, I heard the Eagles' Hotel California. Before the listening session was over, I'd glided from the Beatles to Mozart to Chris Isaak to Thelonious Monk.
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New releases from Arcade Fire, Son Volt, Ry Cooder, Wynton Marsalis and the Stooges.
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Country star Tim McGraw lived it up on top of the Billboard 200 for a second consecutive week Wednesday, while Ray Charles, Jill Scott and LL Cool J entered the pop albums chart in the next three spots.
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Paul McCartney, George Harrison  and the songs of John Lennon can all be found in the top 15 of  the U.S. pop album chart, the biggest confluence of ex-Beatles  in years.
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NEW YORK (Billboard) - In a slow week for album sales, Bruce Springsteen returned to the top of the U.S. pop charts Wednesday, a week after he lost the crown to Kid Rock.
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With his new album, Mr. Young has rejiggered his career and reconfigured his past.
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It is an enjoyable album which tempts you to press the rewind button.
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John Mayer and the Dixie Chicks helped guide Don Henley on a trip through his musical memories that left the singer-songwriter feeling "very strange." They joined Henley's Eagles bandmate Timothy B. Schmit, Sam Moore, Keb Mo, Trisha Yearwood, Michael McDonald, Shawn Colvin and Seal in launching Grammy weekend by honoring the 59-year-old Henley as MusiCares Person of the Year on Friday night.
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NASHVILLE (Billboard) - As the release of a new album  approaches, most artists begin to wax philosophical about art,  life and the messages they hope to convey with their music.
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Playing Hendrix for a night has become the new karaoke.