While I don’t want to take anything away from this terrific album of covers by Firewater, I wanted to use this post as an opportunity to remind everyone how much cool music there is out there, if you only look, and take a chance on something you’ve never heard before. Case in point, Songs We [...]
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Let me say, right at the start, that you do not have to be a fan of the Twilight books or films to appreciate the fantastic soundtrack albums that have accompanied each picture. I, personally, love the books and the films, so the music works even better for me, but each of the currently four soundtrack [...]
After seeing Lou Reed on television the other night, I instantly had the primal need to hear one thing: Magic and Loss. This album from 1992 was Reed’s meditation on life, death, and loss in the wake of two close friends of his suffering from cancer, and eventually passing away. Coming three years after his [...]
Some of you probably know that I believe Kelly Clarkson to be the best pop singer around. I don’t expect or need everyone to agree with me (though you should), but I wanted to make sure I gave you the word on her latest release, Stronger. I’ve played Kelly’s previous CD – All I Ever [...]
I first met Mark OToole in the late 1980′s. He was a local performer with a phenomenal voice and a strong sense of stage presence. To give you a sense of his stage presence, he typically appeared on stage alone, with the only musical accompaniment being a prerecorded music track. Sometimes he had a friend on [...]
One of the greatest bands to ever hit the stage was The Time. The only problem was, if you’d only heard their albums, you never really heard The Time. Originally formed by Prince in 1981, the band was kind of an excuse for Prince to be able to create and record material under a different name, and then [...]
I remember a time in the 1980′s when you couldn’t turn on the radio without hearing a song by Dan Seals. After gaining fame as half of England Dan & John Ford Coley, Seals began a highly successful career as a country artist. His career maintained a steady but quiet presence through the 1990′s, and [...]
After seeing her in her Black Widow costume for the upcoming Avengers movie, I found myself remembering a quieter side of Scarlett Johansson. Best known as the star of Lost in Translation, Match Point, and many other films, Scarlett has two albums to her credit; her first album called Anywhere I Lay My Head (2008) which was [...]
Yes, this is an easy recommendation. I’ve always been an admirer of Tony Bennett’s voice, and this collection of duets, released in his 85th year, shows he still has complete control of his instrument. Unlike the great Mr. Sinatra, whose Duet records were released when he was in his late 70′s, Bennett’s voice is still quite [...]
I felt I had to offer a word or two about this new CD, because it’s one of a long line of – for lack of a better phrase – “actor turns musician” releases. I’m sure most of you know that Bridges found a great deal of success recently with Crazy Heart, and this CD [...]
