From this listener’s perspective, the ideal cover album balances out three types of songs. Firstly, and perhaps most obviously, there are cover versions that make perfect sense, one where the original ...

Nick Turturro takes on a completely different challenge in this entertaining episode featuring ventriloquist and performer ...

Questions of identity loom large on Meshell Ndegeocello’s Ventriloquism, a collection of 11 cover songs, as the singer’s selections embody her allegiance to diversity, inclusion, and imagination. It’s ...

An experiment comparing musicians and nonmusicians found that musicians tend to be less susceptible to the ventriloquism effect. When a sound came from one location and a visual flash from another, ...

I still remember the first time I ever saw a ventriloquist in action. The legendary Edgar Bergen and his dummy sidekicks, Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd, appeared on an episode of The Muppet Show ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Meshell Ndegeocello has released Ventriloquism, her first album in four years. Featuring a cover of the TLC classic "Waterfalls," ...

Yes, it’s routines like that that give ventriloquism a bad name. That and those horror films that see something sinister in a lifelike puppet ruled by his master. (Hmm, or is he …?) But the world of ...

The death of British comedian Ray Alan recalls a lost age when ventriloquists were cosy family entertainment favourites. Today, they are more likely to be found at the cutting edge of subversive ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Nancy Berk, Ph.D is a writer and psychologist covering entertainment. But ventriloquism and puppet fever have gone beyond prime ...

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