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Whitney Houston, R.I.P.new

Whitney Houston, the big-voiced belter who dominated radio in the 1980s and '90s and whose cover of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" spent 14 weeks at the top of the Hot 100, passed away tonight at the Beverly Hilton.
The Village Voice |
Maura Johnston |
02-11-2012 |
Music
Beyonce, Nicki, and Merrill Get Optimisticnew

Finding the bright side of 2011.
The Village Voice |
Maura Johnston |
01-17-2012 |
Music
Use Your Illusion Zeronew

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of Guns N' Roses' two-disc opus by editing it down to one disc.
The Village Voice |
Maura Johnston |
09-19-2011 |
Reviews
Amy Winehouse, R.I.P.new

Many in the online peanut gallery are saying that the death of Amy Winehouse was "inevitable"—that the gamut of her gossip-page-worthy problems was going to result in sadness no matter what. It is hard, as someone who has watched the music news cycle up close for the past few years, to think that she hadn't already had enough tragedy befall her, to wonder if this particular closing chapter wasn't preventable somehow by not rushing her back to the stage when she clearly wasn't ready, or if the point-and-gawk cycle was just too powerful.
The Village Voice |
Maura Johnston |
07-23-2011 |
Music
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