Beer for my Horses was one of Toby Keith’s biggest hits which was accompanied by country music legend Willie Nelson. It is a great song and it makes us think about what we would really like to do today to those who don’t pay attention to the laws. It …

The video clip to the music Face of Love - Wajah Kekasih by Siti Nurhaliza is pretty eerie. In it, Siti wore this particular long and draggy over-sized white long dress and with hair that were let go, and it was such a scary sight.
But she was …

The first time that I ever heard of Lupe Fiasco was in the song “Know My Name” by Blake Lewis. He sounded like a regular rap artist and there’s nothing special about him. But then after this song comes out, I really like this dude. First of all, this …

Feel that fire by Dierks Bentley is a song that is beautiful in a lot of ways because it talks about how this guy knows that his girl needs to feel that fire. This song mainly talks about this one girl and what she wants but in my opinion …

Pink’s Raise Your Glass single is I daresay, the artist’s best so far. No doubt about it, she has had so many hits before, but as a huge Pink fan, I think this single is the one that sticks in memory the most. I can …

Jay-Z ft. Chrisette Michele
“Lost One”
Kingdom Come
Roc-A-Fella Records
“Lost One” is the second single and music video from Jay-Z’s ninth (comeback) album titled “Kingdom Come”, following “Show Me What You Got”. Released on Jay-Z’s 37th birthday (December 4th, 2006), the style of both the song and music video seem to compliment …

Breathe by Michelle branch is a song about how a girl is trying to decide if she wants to stay with her boyfriend or leave but it seems to me like she wants to stay. I found this song on a site called Pandora but you can find it …

Aberdeen is a song by Cage The Elephant which appears on their record Thank You, Happy Birthday. The track opens up with a lead guitar line before the rest of the band really comes in and a steady rhythm is set for the song. While setting up the verse, …

Adam Lambert is the runner up of Season 8 American Idol. The Times describe him as an openly gay pop and rock artist and you can see it in the latest music video of Adam of the song If I had you. At first view, I hats down with …

This album was released in 2000 on East West Records, this is Pantera’s final album, they dedicated it to their fans. This was the second album that was recorded with Phil Anselmo’s vocals away from the band and later mixed in. The album was produced by Vinnie Paul, Dimebag …

Artist: Destiny’s Child
Video: Girl
Album: Destiny Fulfilled
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Bryan Barber
Finally, a Destiny’s Child song with a real positive message that is not deceiving nor manipulative, plus there’s a very original and creative music video to go along with. Wow, I am impressed. “Girl” is the third single and music …

White Pony is the Deftones third album produced with Terry Date and The Deftones, it is my favorite Deftones album, I’ve listened to it so much I have retired the thing on an indefinite hiatus, I’ve heard it so many times, I don’t need to be playing the album …

Out On The Tiles is a cover performed by Megadeth which appears as a bonus track for their record United Abominations. The cover is a song initially done by Led Zeppelin so it’ll be interesting to see how Megadeth interpret the song. The track starts off with that familiar …

Use Your Illusion II is the second half of a double album released in 1991 by Guns N’ Roses. The album cover is identical except for the color layout. The album features an alternate version with alternate lyrics of Don’t Cry, the original is on the first. There is …

One of my favorite albums of all time is Alanis Morrissette’s first internationally-released album, Jagged Little Pill. This was the album which sky-rocketed her to fame and which won her the Album of the Year Grammy in 1996.
I was a tween at that time, and this …

The Worst Pies in London is one of the first songs on the Sweeney Todd soundtrack. In the original Broadway production, it was sung by Angela Lansbury. In the revival, it was sung by Patti Lapone, and in the movie it was sung by Helena Bonham Carter. The …

Gates Of Eden is a track by Bob Dylan which appears on the album Bringing It All Back Home, one of my personal favorite albums from Dylan. I’ll just point out right now that the final four tracks of this record are just brilliant: Mr. Tambourine Man, Gates Of …

All Sold Out is a track by The Rolling Stones which appears on Between The Buttons. All Sold Out wastes no time getting into the song and right when it starts Jagger nearly comes in right away. All Sold Out is pretty much led by the catchy vocal melody …

The Postal Service is an almost legendary band in the indie rock scene. A collaborative project by Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and Jimmy Tamborello of Dntel, it is an electronic indie rock band whose one and only album was released back in 2003. Give Up was …

After Van Halen Split up David Lee Roth still pulled off an excellent solo career wih an ep like Crazy From the Heat and the 1986 release of Eat’Em and Smile. One of the tracks that most people are familiar with is the song Yankee Rose which is a …

Sounds of the Earth: Waterfall - Sounds Of The Earth Series is an audio CD that does not sound like much as it only offers the constant sound of waterfalls. However, I find that listening to the sound of falling water to be quite relaxing and pleasant. The recording …

Chemical Warfare is a song by Slayer which appears on their EP Haunting The Chapel. The track starts off with a very fast chugging riff from the two guitars before Lombardo and Araya come in with the drum and bass parts respectively. Something that I always remembered about Chemical …

P. Diddy ft. Keyshia Cole
“Last Night”
Press Play
Bad Boy Entertainment
“Last Night” is the third single and music video from P. Diddy’s fourth album titled “Press Play”, following “Come To Me” and “Tell Me”. All I have to say is this is the best single out of all of them from …

Overview —“ Side I of The Who Sell Out introduces the first half of this concept record with a group of seven songs which seem to work nicely together and actually pass by quite quickly. After listening to the first two tracks, I was thinking this record was going …

Overview - Reload, the second half of Metallica’s double album, continues with the style change Metallica introduced on Load but doesn’t really expand or develop it. Generally the album feels basically the same as Load felt for me: some of the songs were brilliant, some were solid, and some …

For those of you who watch music videos on vh1. You will note the new replacement for the top 20 video countdown ,Allison Becker. She is so refreshing to watch and young. While I never thought they would ever find a replacement to replace Hamer …

For those of you who heard Metallica play —˜The New Song’ during I believe Summer 2007 then you’ll recognize that the opening riff to The End Of The Line is a riff from one of those songs, just felt that I’d point that out. I’m aware that Metallica said …

France was not always romantic as we think. Although the region is not an area of rock music popular such as Sweden or Germany in the internationally. Everything will change when Gojira present as the antithesis of fashion, perfume, and synth-pop. From Mars To Sirius contains twelve songs with …

Burton’s movies, while not perfect adaptations of Batman, did get quite a bit right. Burton did have a solid understanding of the dynamics between characters. It’s true Joker did not really kill Bruce’s parents, but I understand why they set it up that way. While he …

Yousou’Ndou has proved very capable of being an ambassador of Africa. He is a great African musician who started his musical career at the age of twelve years and has subsequently improved tremendously in the musical world. One cannot waite to appreciate the works of Yousou’Ndou the senegalese …

I like the sound of trumpet on this song Days of Elijah. It is truly splendid and was really messianic in touch as Paul Wilbur gets back people on the time of Israel’s King and forever will be reining King who is Christ Jesus.
The lyrics talk clearly about the …

Light From Above is Black Tide’s first and only album so far, but there is supposed to be a new album coming out within the next year. The lyrics in this album don’t really have any deep meaning, but that isn’t the focus of this band. The focus is …

This is one of the hit single of Nsync in 1999. Included in the album No String Attached it tops the billboards chart and stays there for month. This is the song that I believe pushed away the Backstreetboys to the number one spot. Once I remember this song, …

Same girl by R Kelly and Usher is about how these two guys are best friends and find out that they are dating the same girl. This girl also does not know that both of them are friends but what’s so funny to me is that they are not …

Misty Forest Morning by David & Steve Gordon is an audio CD that is a part of my relaxing and soothing music collection and I am happy that it is, too. I really enjoy this CD because the composers do a simply superb job of mixing soft instrumental music …

John Denver sings the song ‘Rocky Mountain High’. He sings about how they destroy the forest and burn it to make way for more people to move further and further out into what used to be the wilderness which scars the land and ruins the natural beauty. This song …

The Vandoren V12 Clarinet reeds come in a silver box. They reed itself comes in a package which contains a slightly transparent case containing the reed. It costs from around 25 to 30 dollars.
Quality of Reed: I find that the quality of the reed can vary depending on how lucky …

A Great instrumental song by the german hard rock band The Scorpions is the track Coast To Coast off of the album Lovedrive. I really like this instrumental, I even got to see it live and it is the one track where a third guitar is played by the …

If I had to quickly sum up the song “Jesus of Suburbia” by Green Day, I would have to say that it is a teen angst anthem surrounding the lives lived by most suburban teens.
The song was featured on the “American Idiot” rock opera album and has spawned a …

I came across this song on MySpace and was quite drawn to the singer. She has a tone that kind of reminded me of Amy Winehouse, but without all the gravel in her voice. The song’s lyrics kind of confused me at first. But then …

One of my favourite musicians when I was much younger was the musician Sheryl Crow. At the time though, I didn’t know what her name was and so I spent years upon years trying to figure out who it was that sung her songs. In fact, I didn’t even …

The Prettiest Sound That Rain Makes is a song by Sledding With Tigers and is the final track on their second release, The Hill Sheep. Beginning with an incredibly melodic opening thanks to the interplay between a mandolin and acoustic guitar part, the vocals join in after about thirty …

The Black Keys, a blues rock duo out of Ohio, has been releasing records since the early 2000’s, but truly broke through to mainstream success with the release of 2010’s “Brothers.” A good friend of mine, who’s gotten me into countless bands, turned me onto the Keys years back, …

This little beauty can be your resident musician’s best friend. My husband purchased this for himself recently when he bought a new guitar. At the cost of $185.00 USD, it was still more inexpensive than other ones of the same type.
This pedal does it all! You will have to …

Overview —“ One, the first music video ever released by Metallica is a video that goes back and forth between the band playing the song and a story to follow the lyrics of it. I know that a lot of controversy is associated with this video because Metallica was …

This is the 9th installment of DJ Chuck T’s “Down South Slangin Countdown” series. In this mixtape he showcases the top played tracks around the nation that are getting heavy spins at the moment. He has tracks mixed from various artists including Flo-Rida, Rick Ross, Lil’ Wayne & many …

Map Of The Problematique is a track by Muse which appears on their fourth studio effort, Black Holes And Revelations. This album is filled with a lot of songs that have become quite while known and I believe that although …

Long way to go by Cassie is a song about how this girl is saying this guy has a long way to go before he can even date her. This song is another song I like by cassie because it’s about a girl making a guy wait because he …

Sunshine is a song by Sledding With Tigers and is the fifth song on their first album, No Randy No. Transitioning fluidly out of Love Songs Are Dumb Songs, Sunshine opens up with a group of cynical lyrics sung by a chorus of voices. Personally, I’ll say right now …

I have just bought the new Empire of the Sun album, after having heard their debut single, ‘Walking on a Dream’. Now, having listened to the whole album a few times I am even more hooked on their style and lyrics. I will try to give my impression …