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Streetside: Jesca Hoop Enchants Adopted Hometown at Manchester’s Deaf Institute; November 3

Raised as a Mormon, previously a Californian homesteader and formerly a nanny to grizzled troubadour Tom Waits, the rainy streets of Manchester don’t seem the most obvious haven for such a free-spirited and genuinely eccentric […]

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Kylie Minogue – “The Abbey Road Sessions”

One of mainstream pop’s true survivors, Australia’s national treasure Kylie Minogue continues to celebrate her impressive 25-year career by reworking 15 of her most cherished tracks with the help of a full orchestra at the […]

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Listing: The 5 Best Lyrics From Toby Keith’s ‘Hope On The Rocks’

On the eve of what is widely regarded as one of the most important elections in US political history, amidst one of the world’s biggest financial crisis in decades, and the usually outspoken Toby Keith arrives […]

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Listing: The 5 Best Lyrics From Taylor Swift’s ‘Red’

The most famous advocate of the ‘it’s not me, it’s you’ approach to relationships, Taylor Swift has built her career on naming and shaming the indiscretions of her high-profile celebrity exes in a contrastingly ‘butter […]

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About Jon O'Brien

Jon O'Brien is a UK-based staff writer for SONGLYRICS. He holds a journalism degree from the University of Central Lancashire and has written thousands of biographies and reviews for Allmusic.com, among several other pieces for established music publications.