Music Reviews
Reba McEntire: So Good Together CD
Overall, Reba McEntire: So Good Together CD is pretty good. It made great background music for me as I did things around the house. Sometimes I sang along and sometimes it made me stop and listen, while at other times, it was just music filling the air.
The …
The Lucksmiths band
A friend of mine who decided that they were going to get me hooked to indie pop music as well, decided that they were going to introduce me to an Australian indie pop band called “The Lucksmiths”. I think that they started their band in the nineteen nineties or …
Frank Kelly’s Christmas Countdown
This is The Twelve Days of Christmas with a dark British spin. It starts off with harmless gifts being sent from a female friend to this British comedic genius. First she sends the usual gift of a partridge in a pear tree. Second was two turtle doves who had …
Drag-on : Opposite Of H2o cd
If you do not know who Drag-on is, he is a former Ruff Ryders artist who made several tracks with musical great DMX including �Ruff Ryders Anthem Remix� and �No Love For Me� which created a huge buzz for his first solo record titled �The Opposite of H2o�. …
Marilyn Manson Portrait Of an American Family
This is Marilyn Manson’s first major label album released in 1994 on Nothing/Interscope Records. The album was produced by Marilyn Manson alongside Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails. The album starts off with Prelude the family trip it includes words from charlie and the chocolate factory, the song My …
More Dirty Dancing soundtrack CD
There was so much great music from the hit flick, Dirty Dancing, that a second album was released to include the great songs that they didn’t have room for on the main CD. Thus, we were treated to the More Dirty Dancing soundtrack CD, which begins with an …
Timeless Favorites: Rodgers & Hammerstein CD
Timeless Favorites: Rodgers & Hammerstein CD is a production released by Reader’s Digest Music. I’m not sure how many of these they did, but I also have one of these with Lerner & Loewe classics on them. There are a number of selections from Carousel, The King …
Kathleen Procter-Moore
My father used to say that music was his second language and I guess I inherited his DNA.
I so enjoy musicians and I’ve married three. I guess that qualifies me as someone that knows what is hard or easy on the ears, to a degree. Music is always subjective, as …
Never Ever (2009): Ciara ft. Young Jeezy
Ciara ft. Young Jeezy
“Never Ever”
Fantasy Ride
LaFace Records
Director: Chris Robinson
Ciara takes a softer approach with “Never Ever”, the follow-up single and music video to “Go Girl” from her third album, “Fantasy Ride”. The melody of the song and nature of the video is almost similar to “And I” from her …
The Doors - Twentieth Century Fox (Song)
Twentieth Century Fox is a song by The Doors which appears on their self-titled debut record. The song opens up with a nice guitar riff by Robby Krieger before the drums join in along with a nice organ line before Morrison comes in with the vocals. Morrison has a …
Led Zeppelin 2
Led Zeppelin 2 is the album that made each member of the band a true celebrity.I still hear a song off this album nearly everyday on my local classic rock station.I love the fact that each musician plays an important part to the sound of this album as a …
The Grateful Dead - Mountains Of The Moon (Song)
Mountains Of The Moon is a song by The Grateful Dead which appears on Aoxomoxoa. The track starts off in a very melodic fashion and opens up with a nice rhythm played on what sounds to me to be a harpsichord. Garcia sings along with this rhythm as an …
Nine Inch Nails - Sanctified (Song)
Sanctified is a track by Nine Inch Nails which appears on their first album, Pretty Hate Machine. The track opens up in a very tribal manner with some eerie tones before a bass guitar comes in followed by Reznor’s voice. The entire introduction of this song and the verse …
A Perfect Circle
I first heard about the group “A Perfect Circle” in my final years of high school. At that time I didn’t consider them as my favorite band, or even one of my favorites. However, I did love the few songs I heard from them which as the time …
“Country Grammar” album by Nelly
So, I was transitioning moving from one house into another. As I was packing the things from my room into boxes preparing for the move, I stumbled across one of the few original CDs I have ever bought: “Country Grammar” by Nelly. This is one of my favourite albums …
Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings
On the fifth album, Counting Crows deliberately to display two different themes. On side A, we are treated to color hard rock music, while the B side, bringing us to the nuances of folk. This album in a short time was ranked 3rd U.S. Billboard 200. Long enough for …
Standing Outside Of The Fire by Garth Brooks
Garth Brooks sings a song called Standing Outside the Fire. It is about a group of people who are often left out when it comes to even some of the simplest events. Some of them have special needs and against all odds try to win a race against …
Muse - Unintended (Song)
Unintended is a track by Muse which appears on Showbiz, their first record. I just finished a review for Sober which is another track on that record, and in comparison with that track, Unintended sounds a lot different. Whereas Sober was extremely driving and quite aggressive, Unintended is certainly …
“Initium” by Samhain (LP, 1984)
After spending years with the Misfits writing and recording some of the greatest punk to ever be pressed, Glenn Danzig formed his second band, Samhain. Their debut record, “Initium”, was released in 1984, and it showed that despite the Misfits officially disbanding, Danzig was determined to continue putting out …
The Knife - I Just Had To Die (Song)
I Just Had To Die is a song by The Knife which appears on their self-titled record. The song opens up with a rhythm which is sort of interesting at first, but draws slightly annoying after a few repetitions in my opinion. In my opinion, the vocals could’ve been …
Green Day - She’s A Rebel (Song)
She’s A Rebel is a track returns to the feel that previous songs on American Idiot had like the title track and Holiday. To put it very simply and briefly, the songwriting is simple, the lyrics aren’t amazing, the vocal melody is catchy, and somehow everything just comes together …
Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
Overview - Houses Of The Holy, Led Zeppelin’s fifth effort, is an album filled with songs that all have something unique about each one of them, a crucial reason as to why I enjoy this album so much. A lot of times bands can put out an album filled …
No, No, No - Part 2 (1998): Destiny’s Child ft. Wyclef Jean
Artist: Destiny’s Child ft. Wyclef Jean
Video: No, No, No (Part 2)
Album: Destiny’s Child
Label: Columbia Records
Director: Darren Grant
“No, No, No (Part 2)” is the second single and music video from Destiny’s Child self-titlted debut album, followed by the previous first part of “No, No, No” (which altogether basically counts as …
Remember December Music Video by Demi Lovato
The wave of Disney stars are never very successful at crossing over to the music industry. They always try to mold themselves into triple threats when the main reason they got booked to begin with was just for acting. It has happened with Hilary Duff, Miley Cyrus, Selena Gomez, …
Dio: Holy Diver
Dio’s Holy Diver is among the most important metal albums of all time.Ronnie’s vocals soar with amazing beauty and depth.He is a great front man for any band.Even though I like his work with Black Sabbath much more than solo it still does nothing to change the fact that …
Faith Hill
We like country music and we like to go to live concerts whenever we can. We saw Faith Hill perform around three years ago at the MCI Center in Washington, DC. We don’t mind traveling to Washington, because it is only around forty five minutes from Baltimore. …
Brotney Spears Blackout cd
The new Britney Spears cd will be released on October 30, 2007 to much speculation, I was very excited when I got a chance to hear this cd since I have been a Spears fan since “Baby One More Time” and I have been to many of her concerts. …
Madonna: True Blue
80s music had a distinctive sound to it, and no one was more pivotal in the 80’s then Madonna. She first sprang into the spotlight in the early 80s (83 I believe, with her first album) and by mid-80s was a household name. She has produced many albums, but …
Smokes & Mirrors, Lifehouse (Album)
Before i listened to this album i had a totally different perception of Lifehouse. I liked a few of their songs but nothing really stood out to me. This album is sensational, all the songs are inspiring in it and opens your eyes to everything you can achieve. The …
Bob Dylan - As I Went Out One Morning (Song)
As I Went Out One Morning is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his album John Wesley Harding. The song opens up with a harmonica along with a bass which provides the main rhythm of the track. Dylan comes in with the song along with a drum …
Green Day - Slappy
Overview —“ Slappy, Green Day’s second EP, is an EP that sounds a lot closer, and I mean a lot closer, to the sound that Green Day eventually became known for compared to their previous EP, 1,000 Hours. Whereas 1,000 Hours was honestly just filled with songs with …
Arctic Monkeys - Suck it and See, album
Ever since Arctic Monkeys burst onto the scene in 2006 with their debut album Whatever People Say I Am That Is What I Am Not there has been a growing interest about the British indie rock group. Combining lyrical wit with fast paced, edgy guitar sounds, the band …
Quarantines - At The Drive-in
There are few progressive bands that have had as much influence on modern indie/progressive music as At The Drive-in. With a large library of amazing songs, it is hard for any of them to stand out above the others, not because some of them are so bad, but because …
Incubus (rock band)
I’m a huge fan of rock music and I think I was lucky enough to be a teenager in an era where it was still quite popular at the time. I can remember that while some of the more popular bands among my peers were Linkin Park, Green Day and …
Weak (1992): SWV
Artist: SWV
Video: “Weak”
Album: It’s About Time
Label: RCA Records
Director: Lionel C. Martin
“Weak” is the third single and music video from SWV’s debut album “It’s About Time”, following “Right Here” and “I’m So Into You”. Once again helmed by music video director Lionel C. Martin (who is this guy, the Hype …
The Beatles - Abbey Road
Overview - Abbey Road, The Beatles’ penultimate effort, is a very nice collection and mix of tracks which compliment each other very nicely - particularly on the second half of the record where transitions from song to song just flow very well. Abbey Road has some of The Beatles’ …
Victoria Shaw: Old Friends, New Memories CD
In truth, I’m not sure why I purchased Victoria Shaw: Old Friends, New Memories. I know she did a duet with Ty Herndon, who is one of my very favorite singers, and I might have been hoping to find him on this CD (he’s not). It’s possible …
Creed Full Concert DVD in Chicago
One of the most successful rock band Creed, has released a new live concert dvd in support of the Album Full Circle. It features the whole concert in Chicago and it was one of the concert DVD’s that I thought was really tampered with. I Think since Scott Stapps …
Death Cab For Cutie - No Sunlight (Song)
No Sunlight is a song by Death Cab For Cutie which appears on their album Narrow Stairs. The track opens up with bass, guitar, and drums exchanging in an interesting enough rhythm before a piano also joins in with a subtle but incredibly helpful line. The vocals soon join …
With you by Chris Brown
With you by Chris Brown is a beautiful song about how a guy is really happy about his girl. He describes what she means to him in this song in so many words it’s beautiful. The reason I like this song so much is because of a friend of …
MGMT - Time To Pretend (Song)
Time To Pretend is a song by MGMT which appears on their second record, Oracular Spectacular. Being one of many singles to be released off this record, I’m sure this song is familiar to just about all MGMT fans and probably most people who listen to a rock radio …
Breaking Benjamin-We Are Not Alone CD
I bought this CD when the song “So Cold” was playing on the radio everywhere. I really loved that song with its haunting melodies floating above a hard rock edge. Unfortunately, the rest of the CD fails to live up to the promise of that song. It’s …
A Perfect Circle, Thirteenth Step (music album)
Thirteenth Step is the second studio album from one of my favourite bands, “A Perfect Circle”. It was released a little before my birthday when I was a teenager in 2003, and has become one of my preferred rock music albums to play especially in its entirety. As someone …
Prince - LOtUSFLOW3R
LOtUSFLOW3R
Every year, new Prince album, some would say. What makes Prince’s new 3 CD material special is the fact that he returned to what he knows the best - playing electric guitar. First CD LOtUSFLOW3R is full of great guitar playing which is not the case in his recent …
Radiohead - Four Minute Warning (Song)
Four Minute Warning is a song by Radiohead which appears on their album In Rainbows. Opening up with a noise effect that is basically a gradual fade in, Four Minute Warning begins by establishing a very empty and void-like atmosphere before having some instrumentation finally join in and Yorke’s …
Maylaffayza
I love instrumental music, but not the old one version only. I also love the modern instrumental music like twelve girl bands from China, bond, vanessa mae, and others. But mostly of them are from other country. Which make the recording (cd) are expensive compare to the local singer …
Korn See you on the other side
Korn’s 7th album and first album on Virgin Records, the album was released in late 2005 taking a leap away from Nu Metal and into Industrial, the album title is a statement to fans who can understand the band going through a change, and for those that want to …
Peavey Vypyr 30 Guitar Amp
The Peavy Vypyr 30 is a 30 watt solid state modeling amp. It has loads of features. It models 12 different famous guitar amps such as the Fender Twin and the Peavey 6505, with a clean and distorted version of each, making 24. It …
Megadeth - Victory (Song)
Victory is a song by Megadeth which is the closing track of their album Youthanasia. The track starts off with Mustaine singing in an incredibly angry mood along with a bass line and a heavy guitar rhythm which comes in and out of the song. If you’re familiar with …
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