The Kiss-Offs

Now that she has smooched you-know-who this week, the talented Ms. Winfrey is ready to end the talk show that made her a billionaire and start the next phase of her life as a media mogul with a cable channel aptly named OWN. Read More

Ann Courtney has an entrancing voice, suited equally to textured numbers evoking PJ Harvey and Nick Cave and uptempo kiss-offs recalling Chrissie Hynde and Kristin Hersh. Read More

Singer and guitarist Sunyatta Marshall throws down the gauntlet every chance she gets -- and although her vocals on the previous record were always sufficient but often indistinct, there's no missing her here. Read More