My stepdaughter made a photo album for her dad and it babrely included me

Dear Abby: My stepdaughter “Annie” gave her husband a photo album documenting his life for his 80th birthday. The album also included photos of Annie's parents and grandparents, as well as photos of Annie's first marriage to her mother. She posted one wedding photo and two more photos of the loving couple posing. She included […]

Comfort and joy! Merry gentlemen Sheeps deliver the ultimate Christmas album | Comedy

aAre there two artistic expressions more widely maligned than musical comedy and Christmas albums? It would certainly take Santa's sack of talent to redeem both at once. Gaffly Sketch Trio Sheeps have come forward and released their maiden (I can only assume) festive album, A Very Sheeps Christmas. A “musical passion project” by Sheeps' Darran […]

How U2 turned a ‘Bomb’ into their last classic album 20 years ago

They hadn't yet found what they were looking for. So a desperate U2 took the plunge midway through the making of their last classic album, 2004's How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb, which dropped 20 years ago on November 22, 2004 (November 23 in the US). I made a U-turn. After months of working on […]

Jennifer Hudson on her Christmas album, romance with Common

Twenty years ago, Jennifer Hudson was at rock bottom. Like the bottom three of “American Idol,” she was on the brink of shocking elimination in the singing competition's third season, along with fellow contenders Fantasia Barrino and LaToya London. After belting out covers of Aretha Franklin, Elton John, and Whitney Houston with her powerful pipes, […]