back to a simpler, less-complicated world, when the most important things were girls, cars and having fun! It rsquo;s also a time in which the music scene was less constricted as well, where the lines between rock lsquo;n rsquo; roll, pop, rhythm blues and surf music intertwined, creating sounds that made for exciting listening and dancing.
Over the last decade, a similar free-wheeling musical atmosphere has existed on the West Coast, fueled primarily by the roots-rock sound of rockabilly, honky-tonk and swing, and exemplified by High Tone rsquo;s Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys, Deke Dickerson and the Eco-fonics and Johnny Dilks and His Visitacion Valley Boys.
Now, you can add The Sprague music and creating a unique, vibrant sound.
The Cherry Creek News (thecherrycreeknews.com) is rewarding Shakira fans with iPods loaded with Shakira music and videos just for linking to their site!
You can be eligible to win one of the ipods just by putting a link ( ) from your own web page. Any web page, including those friends pages like MySpace or Friendster are eligible. The Cherry Creek News is attempting to create the world's largest network of Shakira fans and giving away iPods to do it!
Shakira, who is of Lebanese decent, has challenged world leaders to address the violence in Lebanon. The cross-cultural phenomenom, who is a UN Goodwill Ambassador, put out a statement on her website calling for leadership that attended to "social needs" and not weapons. Her statement was met with sharp criticism for supporters of Israel, who have claimed that the Jewish state has an "absolute right" to defend itself from Hezbollah attacks.
Some critics are complaining. "So here we are, with an anemic Latin field and no Latin performers. Granted, last year`s Latin field was phenomenal - but what did we get?
Perhaps if Latins were more involved in the entire Grammy process such scenes would not ensue," writes critic Leila Cobo, who bemoans a "Latin Gap." Ring in the New Year with Shakira? Yes, and through in Kanye, too.
Shakira, the Columbian phenomena, will light up MTV's New Year's Eve televised party. Rumors abound that she may debut a new Shakira song calling for peace in a troubled world. Or maybe she'll just writhe unbound.
It was that kind of rumor.
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