October 17, 2011 - Photos of Bryan Ferry live in concert on Friday, October 14th, 2011 at The Fox Theater in Oakland, California, during his brief "Olympia" tour.
October 25, 2010 - "Olympia" may be the most successful Bryan Ferry album in more than two decades. The singer has delivered a collection that works the way "Bete Noire" and "Boys and Girls" did in the mid-1980s -- it's sexy, layered, packed with tension, and subtle in its variations from track to track. This album is Ferry displaying that he still knows how to assemble a collection that holds a listener's interest for more than a few tracks, a quality lacking in his albums of the last 17 years.
October 25, 2010 - Two tracks from Taylor Swift's new album, "Speak Now," have received attention for their subject matter. She's upset by things -- a broken heart and some criticism -- and she's going for the jugular in "Dear John" and "Mean." Speculation is that the "John" also responds to "Mr. Mayer" and a few Internet ranters are wondering if they are the person she obliquely refers to in "Mean."
Photos of Bryan Ferry live in concert on Friday, October 14th, 2011 at The Fox Theater in Oakland, California, during his brief "Olympia" tour.
Bryan Ferry could be today's greatest interpreter of songs from the rock era.
"Olympia" may be the most successful Bryan Ferry album in more than two decades. The singer has delivered a collection that works the way "Bete Noire" and "Boys and Girls" did in the mid-1980s -- it's sexy, layered, packed with tension, and subtle in its variations from track to track. This album is Ferry displaying that he still knows how to assemble a collection that holds a listener's interest for more than a few tracks, a quality lacking in his albums of the last 17 years.
Two tracks from Taylor Swift's new album, "Speak Now," have received attention for their subject matter. She's upset by things -- a broken heart and some criticism -- and she's going for the jugular in "Dear John" and "Mean." Speculation is that the "John" also responds to "Mr. Mayer" and a few Internet ranters are wondering if they are the person she obliquely refers to in "Mean."
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