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21 hours ago
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Paul McCartney reveals his 3 favorite albums — not by The Beatles
When it's time to put on a record, Paul McCartney is a big fan of the classics. The former Beatle revealed his top three albums in a recent installment of his segment 'You Know The Answer,' in which McCartney responds to one question from a fan. The answers are then posted on his website. For the June 25 installment, a fan asked the legendary musician, 'Are there any albums that take you back to certain periods in your life? And does performing your own music evoke similar memories?' McCartney responded with, 'Yeah, definitely. My favourite albums by other people tend to be: Music from Big Pink by The Band, Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys, and Harvest by Neil Young. They are the three classics that I love to listen to, and they all remind me of certain times in my life.' The 83-year-old went on to say that when he performs his own songs, 'they often bring back memories of recording them. That can often entail memories of John and George in the studio — sweet memories!" Fans looking to ask McCartney a question can submit theirs via the Paul McCartney Official Fan Group on Facebook, or by tagging @paulmccartney on social media. Popular 2000s pop-punk band could play show in your backyard: Here's how Pop star unveils God-approved alternate version of controversial album cover Iconic '80s singer cancels show last minute as travel-weary band 'can barely see' Rock band backs out of legendary metal group's farewell concert Country music star 'doing much better' after having stroke on stage Read the original article on MassLive.
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a day ago
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Barbra Streisand pushed her voice to the limit recording audiobook for her memoir
Barbra Streisand's voice was "hoarse" after she recorded the audiobook for her memoir My Name Is Barbra. The 83-year-old star admits that she put her vocals under extreme strain as she recorded the audio version of her 970-page-long autobiography shortly after working on her latest album The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two. Barbra told People magazine: "All the wonderful people that I was going to sing with wanted to sing with me. And they were all so special and I hadn't sung in a very long time. "I didn't know if I had a voice left because after I did that, Jesus, six weeks, six days a week, five hours a day of talking, speaking into a microphone for the book. So I was hoarse." Streisand's latest record is released on Friday (27.06.25) - featuring duets with music titans including Sir Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan - and the legendary singer and actress has vowed to continue making music for as long as her voice permits. The Woman in Love artist said: "As long as I have a voice, I love the privacy of recording. "I love standing there in front of the mic with the music in my ears and singing, and there are more songs I want to sing. And I even have my original list of songs I wanted to sing." Barbra duets with the jazz-pop star Laufey on the song Letter to My 13 Year Old Self and reflected on how she "instinctively" improvised during her musical performances at that age. The Funny Girl actress explained: "The first time you're a teenager, you've moved ahead to another level. Believe in yourself, believe in your choices. Believe in what you hear, what you feel. "I mean, I did it instinctively. You know what I mean? I don't know why I did it. And it's the first time I ever did an improvisation even. I was standing in front of the mic at 13 and what I rehearsed with the guys, the piano player, I did something else. "And I thought, where did that come from? Where did improvisation? Where did I... I don't know. It came out and I liked it. I went, 'Oh, that's interesting.'"
USA Today
a day ago
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- USA Today
Barbra Streisand swoons with McCartney, Dylan, Mariah on lush duets album: Review
The woman who served us 'People,' 'Evergreen,' 'The Way We Were' and more than 100 other singles doesn't need to record another album. She barely needs to leave her surely-gardenia-scented bedroom. But Barbra Streisand, 83, has always been not just indefatigable, but interested: In creating, in songcraft and in pushing herself. After 60-plus years in show business, she's earned the right to drop the New York hustle ingrained in her DNA and take a breath. Her 37th studio album, 'The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two,' is that breath. It's a cozy, comforting audible hug from a parade of familiar friends, including Paul McCartney, James Taylor, Josh Groban, Sting, Ariana Grande and Mariah Carey. Even Bob Dylan hopped aboard this love train. Streisand's new duets release is the companion to 2014's 'Partners,' with Groban as her only repeat collaborator. While her voice is still that voice – rich in timbre, sleek in tone – she's chosen to share the microphone again because it's a comfort zone. Some of Streisand's finest work has been bolstered by worthy peers, from Barry Gibb ('Guilty' in 1980) to Neil Diamond ('You Don't Bring Me Flowers' in 1978) to Celine Dion ('Tell Him' in 1997). Not so much Don Johnson ('Till I Loved You' in 1988). Continuing her stretch with these 11 cross-generational songs, including a pair of newbies – one with Sam Smith ('To Lose You Again') and the other with Grande and Carey ('One Heart, One Voice') to complete a diva triumvirate – Streisand soars. Highlights are many, but here are a few. More: New music documentaries rock the big screen at Tribeca 'Letter to My 13 Year Old Self' (Laufey) The young Icelandic jazz-pop singer Laufey spoke to Streisand's inner awkward teenager with this heart-piercing ballad from her 2023 album, 'Bewitched.' This lusher recording, laden with plucked strings and two creamy voices blending seamlessly, is more than a deeply affecting ballad with lyrics such as, 'You'll grow up and grow so tough/charm them/write your story/fall in love a little too/the things you thought you'd never do.' It's a poignant look back at how the trivial things that felt like an emotional avalanche as a teen shape us, as well as the importance of taking pride in shutting out the noise. 'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' (Hozier) Popularized by the late Roberta Flack, this cooing ballad can sound plodding and endless with the wrong arrangement. But over a blanket of velvety strings, Streisand turns Irish indie-rocker Hozier into a smitten Romeo. Their pacing is like a dance, dipping and rising while always staying within the lines for four and a half minutes of lyrical seduction. 'My Valentine' (Paul McCartney) In its native form, this 2012 Paul McCartney song written for wife Nancy Shevell drifts along on gentle piano and guitar, McCartney's voice authentically imperfect. With Streisand, it's evident how he strives to meet her note for note, breath for breath, as strings swell in the pockets of the lyrics. It's easily McCartney's sweetest vocal since his 'Flowers in the Dirt' days. 'The Very Thought of You' (Bob Dylan) A duet in the making since 1970 between the shy poet laureate of contemporary music and the preeminent songbird of the past six decades doesn't disappoint, primarily because Streisand coaxed Dylan to actually sing. Streisand has said it was his choice to record Ray Noble's 1934 pop standard, and it's a style that suits him as he sings softly with only a hint of his distinctive nasal twang. They seem like the most incongruous pairing, but both hail from the same Greenwich Village haunts, tethered at the core for life. More: Bruce Springsteen is releasing his 'Lost Albums': The songs you haven't heard but need to 'One Heart, One Voice' (Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande) Much as when Streisand teamed with Celine Dion for the vocal duel 'Tell Him,' this seemed like another opportunity to play 'who can run the vocal scales the longest.' Instead, this otherwise generic ballad that preaches the merits of rejoicing in partnership, love guiding the way and sacred gardens with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer, showcases a trio steeped in restraint. Grande and Carey sing with delicacy, while Streisand augments their shared vocals with her own resonant tone. They're the holy trinity of glorious sound.
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2 days ago
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Barbra Streisand on Her Long-Awaited Bob Dylan Duet: ‘I Saw It As An Acting Piece'
A robin redbreast has alighted on Barbra Streisand's windowsill. Sitting with Jay Landers, her A&R executive at Columbia Records for three decades, the multihyphenate legend, 83, is taking a moment amid her busy schedule to appreciate the little gifts nature provides. Her new album, The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two (out June 27), is her first since 2018's Walls and a sequel to 2014's Partners. The duets project finds her singing old chestnuts ('The Very Thought of You' with Bob Dylan) and songs written by her collaborators ('My Valentine' with Paul McCartney and 'Letter to My 13 Year Old Self' with Laufey). It also features a few new tracks, such as 'To Lose You Again' with Sam Smith and 'One Heart, One Voice,' a cross-generational collaboration for the ages that teams her with Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande; both songs were co-written by Walter Afanasieff, who co-produced the album with Peter Asher. More from Billboard Will Barbra Streisand Win Her First Grammy in 39 Years for 'The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume Two'? Lil B & Kevin Durant Reignite Feud After NBA Star's Trade: 'You Was Once a Thing, I'm Still That' Mick Ralphs, Founding Member of Bad Company & Mott the Hoople, Dies at 81 In your 2023 memoir, , you wrote that Bob Dylan wanted to sing with you in the '70s but you demurred. How did it feel finally singing with him? Barbra Streisand: The interesting thing is that I saw it as an acting piece. It's two different people, how they were feeling each other out: what kind of emotions are going on when two people have known of each other for such a long time but never met. It was wonderful to work with him, actually. I did my part earlier in the day, and it worked out perfectly with his. I'm ever the director. And he wanted direction, which was so lovely: 'What do you think? What do you want?' He just was so open to trying this or trying that. It was really easy. Both your careers began around the same time, just blocks away from each other 60 years ago in New York. Streisand: I talked to him about our pasts; we never met but we were in Greenwich Village at the same time, finding our way, unknown — me at the Bon Soir [a defunct nightclub] and him with his guitars playing his clubs. It's interesting we finally met. Josh Groban features on 'Where Do I Go From You' and is the only singer here who also sang on . What is it about him? Streisand: He had the voice for it. I always loved that song — it was from a Broadway play that never got onstage [Beba's Mambo] — and somehow, we made it into a duet. Everybody who I worked with was wonderful. It was easy and enjoyable, which I loved about it. I hadn't sung in a while, so I didn't even know if my voice was going to show up. I gave a little prayer to God as I approached the microphone that first time, and somehow, even not having sung for a while, my voice was there. How long had it been since you had sung prior to recording this? Streisand: I can't even imagine. When did I make my last album? I don't keep track of myself, actually. Jay, do you know what my last album was before this? Jay Landers: Your last album was Walls in 2018. Two years into the Trump administration. And here we are again. How are you keeping sane during these times? Streisand: Well, I write my tweets. I try to keep calm. I try to know time will go and things will change again. I have to keep hoping. You have to keep sanity in your mind. I pray a lot. Prayer helps, I'll tell you that. That's all I can do right now. This story appears in the June 21, 2025, issue of Billboard. Best of Billboard Chart Rewind: In 1989, New Kids on the Block Were 'Hangin' Tough' at No. 1 Janet Jackson's Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits H.E.R. & Chris Brown 'Come Through' to No. 1 on Adult R&B Airplay Chart
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2 days ago
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Ozzy Osbourne admits he 'couldn't' duet with idol Paul McCartney
Ozzy Osbourne admits he 'couldn't' duet with idol Paul McCartney The Black Sabbath frontman, 76, previously tried to get the Beatles legend, 83, to record a bass part on the heavy metal band's track Ozzy Osbourne's life will be chronicled at the museum (Image: Ross Halfin ) Ozzy Osbourne would love to collaborate with Sir Paul McCartney - but "couldn't". The Black Sabbath frontman, 76, previously tried to get the Beatles legend, 83, to record a bass part on the heavy metal band's track, which he declined, but he still dreams about being on a song with the Let It Be hitmaker. In a new episode of his SiriusXM show Ozzy Speaks, he was asked by co-host Billy Morrison who he'd like to duet with, to which he replied: "Paul McCartney." However, he swiftly added: "I would be honoured but I couldn't..." Ozzy has spoken about the legendary Liverpool band being a huge influence on him since he was a young man. He once told Heat magazine of their failed collaboration: "Meeting Paul McCartney was f****** phenomenal. Article continues below "I was in the studio at the same time as him and tried to get him to play bass on one of my songs. But he said he couldn't improve on the bassline that was there. I said, 'Are you kidding? You could p*** on the record and I'd make it my life.'" Ozzy previously said he wishes he could have collaborated with late Beatles frontman John Lennon. He told The Sun: ""John Lennon if he was alive. [I'm a] giant f****** Beatles fan. "And I'd have to have Jimi Hendrix, right?" Ozzy's last solo album, 2022's Patient Number 9, featured a long list of guest artists, including Black Sabbath bandmate Tony Iommi, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Zakk Wylde, Pearl Jam's Mike McCready, Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers, late Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, Metallica's Robert Trujillo, Duff McKagan of Guns N' Roses, and Jane's Addiction's Chris Chaney. Ozzy is currently preparing to play his last concert with Black Sabbath at the Back To The Beginning concert at Birmingham's Villa Park on July 5. Article continues below Special guests include Metallica, Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan, Duff McKagan and Slash of Guns 'N Roses, Limp Bizkit's Fred Durst, Korn star Jonathan Davis, and Anthrax.
