It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again.
BILLY JOEL
The Stranger
(Columbia/Legacy)
As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, rock. "Scenes From an Italian Restaurant" and "Anthony's Song (Movin' Out)" remain priceless snapshots of Annie Hall-era NYC, the title track bares real teeth, and the Kenny Chesney fave "Only the Good Die Young"
From driving a biodiesel-powered bus to hangin' with the likes of Snoop Dogg and Ryan Adams, pretty much everything Country Music Hall of Famer Willie Nelson does is pure, inarguable badass. The OG of the outlaw country movement in the 1970s also continues to add to his considerable songbook, releasing some six different discs in 2008 alone. The latest, Moment of Forever, was produced by Buddy Cannon and Kenny Chesney, and drops on January 29. So he's getting, uh, on the road again, and stopping
Break out those calendars country music fans and mark Thursday September 24 as the day you'll be seeing the Grammy Award winning duo at the BankAtlantic Center. Sugarland is doing a huge spring and summer tour across the US and Canada in support of their third album "Love on the Inside," which probably isn't nearly as dirty as it sounds.
