A Complex Chanteuse ; Lily Allen Defies Categorization, but Her Songs Captivate
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By ANN POWERS, LOS ANGELES TIMES  WHO: Lily Allen.  WHAT: Hip-hop/pop.  WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.  WHERE: Roseland Ballroom, 239 W. 52nd St., Manhattan; 212-777- 6800 or roselandballroom.com.  HOW MUCH: $26.
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There is not always agreement between the piano and the voice in Schubertâs song cycle âDie SchÃ¶ne MÃ¼llerin.â
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Opera is no stranger to sensitive singers and demanding divas.
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Virtuosity is now a virtue in the indie world, and many of its most interesting proponents are women.
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Her husbandsâ music is what made them unforgettable. But her side of the story, for all its slick packaging and hopeless platitudes, is worth hearing too.
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Kelis' wonderfully whimsical fourth  effort "Kelis was here" is a lecture in nonconformity, thick  with dynamic instrumentation (hard drums, hammering bass,  twinkling keys) like lead single "Bossy."
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Sure, Melissa Etheridge is used to singing in front of thousands of people. It's just that Meryl Streep, Clint Eastwood and Steven Spielberg aren't usually in the audience, at least not all at once.
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Singer Lily Allen is selected to help judge the winner of next year's Orange Broadband Prize for Fiction.
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The pop star swears by a free iTunes plug-in that can help create playlists centered on any song, but results are mixed. In Listening Post.
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Hilary Duff certainly isnât anyoneâs idea of an all-around virtuoso, yet her music is much better than it might be, and much better than it needs to be.
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Pop star Lily Allen has had a miscarriage, her record company spokesman confirms.
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Stunning well-knitted rhythm arrangements, seductively lilting instrumentation, soul-melting tunes, impeccable emotion-stirring vocals, and lyrics couched in winsome language -- all in one harmonious whole producing an exotic melodious soiree.
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In some ways, one might regard the literary couples whose intimate relationships inspired Katie Roipheâs âUncommon Arrangementsâ as performance artists.
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Lorraine Feather offers songs that are cheerful tugs of war between the past and the present that are performed with a conversational ease.
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Bewafaa has catchy as well as unexceptional tunes.
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'Air' and 'Arcade Fire' offer new albums this week.
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Wonder Woman, it turns out, is a singer. Or at least, Lynda Carter, whose likeness is still synonymous with the comic-book heroine, is.