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Posts Tagged ‘Praise and Blame’
Tom Jones joins Isle of Wight Festival line-up
Written by admin on November 26, 2010 – 7:18 am - |
Tom Jones has been added to the line-up for the Isle of Wight Festival 2011. |
Tags: Isle of Wight Festival, Latitude Festival, Praise & Blame, Praise and Blame, Tom Jones
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Tom Jones “Praise & Blame” – review
Written by admin on July 26, 2010 – 11:46 pm -| Tom Jones’ new album “Praise & Blame” is a back to basics offering, with Tom tackling a selection of fine spiritual and R&B numbers in what a New York Times reviewer fittingly called “a stripped-down reach for the mythic core of American roots music.” |
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Record boss slams Tom Jones’ new album
Written by admin on July 5, 2010 – 9:46 pm -| Sir Tom Jones’ latest album, “Praise and Blame,” is making headlines before it is even released, due to a critical mauling by an executive at his record company.
The leaked email from Island Records’ vice-president, David Sharpe, called for colleagues to shelve the project or “get my money back.” Island signed Sir Tom from EMI for £1.5m last year. |
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Tags: Praise and Blame, Tom Jones, What Good Am I?
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Happy 70th Birthday Tom Jones
Written by admin on June 7, 2010 – 6:05 am - |
Sir Tom Jones celebrates his 70th birthday today. He was born Thomas John Woodward in Trefforest, Pontypridd, Wales. Tom’s long-time manager Gordon Mills suggested the stage name “Tom Jones” in 1964, in reference to the title character of the hit film and to emphasise Tom’s Welsh nationality. |
Tags: Janis Joplin, Little Richard, Praise and Blame, Tom Jones, What Good Am I?
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Tom Jones on “Later with Jools Holland”
Written by admin on May 25, 2010 – 7:22 pm -| Tom Jones will appear on tonight’s “Later With Jools Holland,” which airs at 10pm on BBC2.
Tom will be singing his version of the Bob Dylan track “What Good Am I?” which will be released as a single with “Burning Hell” on his 70th birthday (June 7). These tracks will also appear on Tom’s new album, “Praise and Blame,” due out on July 26. |
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Tags: Praise & Blame, Praise and Blame, Tom Jones, What Good Am I?
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