Various artists, "Dimension Mix" (Eenie Meenie): In the sixties, the iconoclastic composer and electronic-music innovator Bruce Haack and the dance teacher and lyricist Esther Nelson issued a string of sweet, mind-altering children's records.
It's easy enough to mock Matchbox Twenty's earnest ballads, but Sugar Ray's charms are much harder to resist: the band has released a string of sweet, breezy singles that will probably sound just as good when you hear them on the radio 20 years from now.
Jay Jay Pistolet - Hooked Up on Us http://tinyurl.com/9jbfc6, free stream Charming folk-pop in which Justin Hayward-Young vents a string of sentiments sweet enough to rekindle any romantic flame.
And Mr. Berry's gift is a string of his signature tunes -- "Sweet Little 16," "Johnny B. Goode" -- sung by Little Richard, the Black Crowes and the B-52's, backed by a band including Steve Jordan on drums and G. E. Smith approximating some Berry guitar licks.
Today, the L-shaped lane is home to a string of Beaux-Arts mansions shaded by sweet gum trees and glossy spikes of holly bushes pushing through iron gates.
As a Brill Building denizen, Diamond wrote some great tunes for the Monkees ("I'm a Believer," "A Little Bit Me, a Little Bit You") and a string of catchy pop hits for himself ("Sweet Caroline, Song Sung Blueue") before settling down to record some of the most self-important pop schlock in history ("Longfellow Serenade," "America").
Fancy came later, when she graduated from Le Cordon Bleu in Scottsdale, Ariz., landed a string of plum jobs, and then was hired to hold up the sweet end of things at Charlie Trotter's.
The subseries Visionary Voices will present a string of shows at Rose Theater, including concerts by Bobby McFerrin (Nov. 12-13), Dianne Reeves (Feb. 10-11) and Sweet Honey in the Rock (April 15-16, 2011).
For those who prefer a pint instead of local sweet rum and sugar-cane-based spirits, there are a string of popular English-style pubs around town.
Following is a string of original songs, including "Bizarre Christmas Incident" by Ben Folds, "What a Year for a New Year" by Dan Wilson and Neil Finnn's "Sweet Secret Peace".
It has suffered a string of setbacks.
