Shakira
11 articles
Audio interviews
Interview by Gavin Martin, Rock's Backpages audio, 2005
The Latino Lioness on her Oral Fixation album, writing in English, politics and poverty, and the benefits of belly dancing.
file format: mp3; file size: 22mb; Interview length: 24' 13"; sound quality: ****
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Shakira: Soft rock and the hard sell
Profile and Interview by Lisa Verrico, The Times, 8 March 2002
Shakira sells millions of records in her native Colombia, has just conquered America and now has her sights on Britain. Lisa Verrico met her ...
Interview by Ted Kessler, The Observer, 14 July 2002
As a schoolgirl she drove the nuns crazy with her belly dancing, now she's got the world gyrating. Ted Kessler meets Shakira, the Colombian superstar ...
Profile by Lisa Verrico, The Times, 14 December 2002
Shakira should forget the political posturing, says Lisa Verrico, and stick to what she does best — making music and looking good. ...
Shakira: Wembley Arena, London
Live Review by Lisa Verrico, The Times, 17 December 2002
NO MATTER where you sat in Wembley Arena on Monday night, you were never far from open-mouthed men trying not to drool at this year's ...
Audio transcript of interview by Gavin Martin, Rock's Backpages transcripts, 2005
This is a transcription of Gavin's audio interview with Shakira. Listen to the audio of this interview. ...
Shakira: Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 (Epic)
Review by Mark Kemp, Paste, 23 August 2005
Beyond the Belly: Colombian songstress trumps lazy stereotypes with raw talent ...
On Music: Shakira – The She Wolf Bites
Comment by Jude Rogers, The Guardian, 17 July 2009
Shakira's howling alter ego is properly, wonderfully strange, going back to the old rules of pop star alternate personas ...
Review by Mike Diver, bbc.co.uk, October 2009
THERE'S MUCH to like about diminutive Columbian singer Shakira (Isabel Mebarak Ripoll), best known to this day for 2001's breakthrough Whenever, Wherever and her global ...
Shakira Wants to Fight Poverty and Offer Escapism
Interview by Gavin Martin, Daily Mirror, 4 December 2009
SHAKIRA'S THE 50 million-selling pocket-sized Colombian superstar whose high-profile charity work, runaway international success and eye-boggling performances comprise a perfect combination of brain power and ...
Shakira: Manchester Arena ****
Live Review by Dave Simpson, The Guardian, 15 December 2010
"I'M HERE to please you," begins the Colombian superstar Shakira. Then, wearing what may be a coat of paint rather than trousers, she hauls girls ...
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