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Nashville via Detroit songwriter Stephie James’ debut full-length album, As Night Fades (out Mar. 1) exudes sparkly, starlit evening motifs, shot through the lens of dreamy doo-wop and romantic Americana rock n roll. James overturns Nashville’s hat and boot culture with her own Iggy Pop-meets-Judy Garland panache. She borrows the storytelling tradition of writers like Townes Van Zandt & Guy Clark but fuses it with 60's girl group sounds, echoing The Shirelles and The Marvelettes’ “Please Mr.

“I’m Just Ken (Merry Kristmas Barbie)” — a new holiday rendition of Ryan Gosling's signature number in the box-office smash "Barbie" — dropped from the hunky heavens on Wednesday.

The songs trace her story from her unhappy marriage to her 1980s comeback.

From her unhappy partnership with husband Ike to her 1980s comeback with a British synth pop group.

From her unhappy partnership with husband Ike to her 1980s comeback with a British synth pop group.