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- PEOPLE, Page 71Crossover Realities
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- By GINIA BELLAFANTE
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- Imagine Michael Bolton performing Puccini or Axl Rose
- recording 'Tis the Gift to Be Simple. Implausible? Who knows,
- what with all the musical style switching going on these days.
- At least three of pop's grandes dames have been singing
- distinctly different tunes. On her latest album, Frenesi,
- crooner LINDA RONSTADT opts for the classics of Caribbean jazz.
- Why? "There aren't many interesting songs produced in our
- culture," she explains. "It's a sign of the economy; people are
- writing throwaway stuff." Due out soon from androgynous politico
- SINEAD O'CONNOR: Am I Not Your Girl?, a sultry series of torch
- songs favored by the likes of Billie Holiday and Ella
- Fitzgerald. And finally, get ready for raspy rocker CHER to go
- country. She's gearing up for an album expected sometime next
- year.
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