Year Of The Woman Singer

Women singers seem to be dominating World Music this year. “Not all of them are young, but their average age must be about 30. Ten years ago, the idea of a compilation of women’s music would have smacked of political correctness – now it’s simply what’s happening. It is of course a truism that pictures of attractive young women sell newspapers, CDs, books and films better than just about anything else. So, are Western record companies simply choosing the acts that are most marketable? Or does the phenomenon of the young world diva reflect deeper global upheavals? And what, if anything, does this sudden upsurge in female creativity add up to musically?”

Denver Post Pop Critic Resigns For “Using Language” Of Another

Denver Post pop music critic G. Brown resigned from the paper Friday after editors discovered he had “used language” lifted from other reviews of a Simon and Garfu8nkle concert without attribution. “Post editors learned of the matter last week when a reader contacted the newspaper and pointed out similarities between language in Brown’s Oct. 26 preview of a Simon and Garfunkel concert and phrases in an article that had appeared earlier on a website.”