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American Idol: Should They Just End The Season Now?

Okay, so maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but seriously, if you saw David Archuleta on “American Idol” last night, you have to admit the kid is clearly the favorite to win it all. I mean, just, damn. Anyway, there were in fact nine other guys who sang last night, so let’s recap using our usual formula:

THE REALLY GOOD

The theme was ’70s, a decade that had some incredible music. David Archuleta, all 17 years of him, ended the show with John Lennon’s “Imagine.” Even before he took the stage, I was afraid that it was not a good song choice. I mean, it’s a pretty simple tune. But young David gave what was maybe the performance of his life. Before he did though, they showed footage of him singing six years ago in a hotel lobby during Season 1 of the show, to the likes of Kelly Clarkson, who was blown away by an even younger David. You have to think now it’s in the cards or something. Anyway, Randy said it was one of the best vocals ever on the show, Paula said it was “ridiculous,” but in a good way because she started crying, and Simon said David is the “one to beat.” In-freaking-deed.

THE GOOD

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New Tunes on Tuesday

Hello, kids! It’s time for ESDMusic’s new feature “New Tunes on Tuesday” wherein we highlight some of the new releases coming out this week. Do enjoy.

First up, it’s The Cowboy Junkies’ Trinity Revisited, a one CD/one DVD package that features the Junkies’ going back and “revisiting” their breakthrough album The Trinity Session 20 years later, with special guests Ryan Adams, Vic Chesnutt, and Natalie Merchant. Read all about it here on the band’s official website.

Goldfrapp’s Seventh Tree also makes its debut this week. Our own David Medsker gave his own four-star review of the album here on Bullz-Eye last week, and as we all know, Dave’s a trustworthy fellow when it comes to groovy music.

Janet Jackson is also rejoining us this week with her new album Discipline that will be available in both a standard and “deluxe” editions, the latter featuring the video for “Feedback” as well as other multimedia clips. You can hear the new song by visiting Janet’s Myspace page.

Dolly Parton’s new album Backwoods Barbie is releasing today. The album is her “first mainstream country album in more than 17 years.” Seems like that should be news that old fans can rejoice over. The first single from the album is “Better Get to Livin.” The album is tied in to Dolly launching her own label. You can check out all the news over at Billboard regarding this new venture.

Wrapping up the majorly majors, we have the return of Erykah Badu, who is releasing New AmErykah this week. The first single from the album is called “Honey” and you can listen to it right here.

Other releases this week include Donny Osmond’s From Donny…With Love (a mix of ’70s covers and reworks of his own past hits); Diane Schuur’s Some Other Time; Death Angel’s Killing Season, and Algebra’s Purpose.

Less Talk, More Music: Dionne Warwick on “Pebble Mill”

“Pebble Mill” was a daytime chat show in Great Britain which regularly featured appearances from the current musical artists of the day, as well as a few who weren’t exactly top of the pops anymore, if you take my meaning. In the case of Dionne Warwick, she was and remained a huge worldwide superstar in 1982, a full two decades on from her first big hit, “Walk On By.” This was one of the many compositions from the brothers Gibb that was taken to the upper reaches of the charts by someone other than the Bee Gees themselves, but it’s got their trademark sound all over it.

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