The first song I heard by Daniel Kirkley was My New Dawn. I heard this awesome song on the radio. This was definitely a cut above the other songs they play on the radio. It was a gorgeous, powerful song. When I heard that song, …

Regrets by Jay-Z is the last song off of his debut album “Reasonable Doubt” released June 25, 1996. I personally find it to be a perfect song to conclude the album. The song Regrets samples “It’s So Easy Loving You” by Earl Klugh and Hubert Laws. This makes the …

The song “So what” by the artist Pink is so awesome. I am planning to purchase it from iTunes because it would be a great song to jog. It gives you a slow start but gains intensity throughout the song. The beat is infectious! I can …

Oh Comedy is a song by Neutral Milk Hotel which appears on their second album In the Aeroplane Over The Sea. Something that I should point out about this track is that it’s the longest song on the album at a bit over eight minutes long and I believe …

I’ve been following Susan Boyle’s career ever since I saw her awesome performance of I Dreamed a Dream in Britain’s Got Talent. I was not really a diehard fan but I acknowledge her talent and I felt quite touched that a woman who is not young at all and …

Jack’s Mannequin has done it again. Lead singer and pianist Andrew McMahon has delivered another great album for fans everywhere. This album has many strong points and the lyrics create a beautiful picture for listeners.
Track one: Crashin’ has a great guitar/piano intro that blends into the …

Christmas is a fun time of the year and ever since I was a kid I loved when they had the cartoon of Alvin and the Chipmunks on the television with their special Christmas episode and they sang their Christmas Song!
Well recently, a movie of Alvin and the Chipmunks …

Blackened, the opening track of Metallica’s fourth record, opens in a similar fashion to Fight Fire With Fire, the opener from Ride The Lightning, and Battery, the opener from Master Of Puppets. In fact, now that I think about it, Blackened also seems to share a common lyrical theme …

I am so in love with He’s Just Not That Into You Soundtrack. I bought it just yesterday and up till now, I am still listening to the tracks inside. If you have watched the movie, it would be a more great thing to be having this soundtrack. …

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 …

“Be Aggressive” is the 9th track off of Faith No More’s highly anticipated album “Angel Dust”. The song was written by Roddy Bottum, Faith No More’s keyboardist.
The song starts off with heavy synthesizers/keyboards followed by the thump of a bass guitar. The guitars have a heavy drowned out …

I was introduced to the music of the English singer Birdy by one of my closest friends. To be honest, I wasn’t too thrilled with her music when I first listened to a number of her songs since I thought that she was unbelievably boring, especially after listening to …

The first single off the latest Stone Temple Pilots record released almost a year ago is the first track entitled Between The Lines. It has an upbeat tempo that it starts off the album with. This song starts off with a heavy guitar intro where almost immediately Scott’s …

The Gaslight Anthem is a punk rock band from New Jersey. “The 59 Sound” is there second album less than two years, but it seems like they have been working on this forever. They are quoted as saying that Bruce Springsteen is one of their main influences …

Runnin’ Blue is a song by The Doors which appears on their album The Soft Parade. The track starts off with Morrison singing by himself which is a tribute to Otis Redding, and also serves as a nice opportunity to hear Morrison’s voice by itself. After this, a guitar …

Boom Boom Pow is the new song from Black Eyed Peas. Like their previous song, it’s still a lot of beat, groove, and really nice to dance.
But, first time I hear this single, I can’t directly recognize that is the Blak Eyed Peas, because though the music is still …

Overview —“ The ESP/LTD, V-401 is ESP’s response to all our companies putting out V shaped guitars, which is pretty much every company to be honest. Just a note, I don’t personally own this guitar but I’m currently in the market for one so I decided to play one …

Sting is a very famous singer in the world. But in China, most of people don’t know him well or even don’t hear his name. As a Chinese, I heart his name from the film ‘Leon-The Professional’. Sting sang the theme song ’shape of my heart’ about it. I …

Sunroad is one of the hottest hard rock bands from Brazil.
Formed by Fred Mika and his cousin, Danillo Vee, in the heat of Brazil in 1996 and influenced by many top-notch heavy metal/hard rock bands such as Deep Purple, Whitesnake, Eloy and MSG (and more), this band has produced …

God Bless America is a song that reminds me of many things. It has been performed by many different artist over the years. It reminds me that we should be faithful to our God first, our family second and then our country. It is a patriotic song that is …

MK Ultra is a track by Muse which appears on their most recent record, The Resistance. MK Ultra starts out in a very electronically-driven sound and basically keeps this throughout most of the song. The lyrical topic of the song deals with a CIA operation and the basic structure …

Artist: Beyonce
Video: “Diva”
Album: I Am… Sasha Fierce
Label: Columbia
Director: Melina Matsoukas
“Diva” is the third single and music video from Beyonce’s third album titled “I Am… Sasha Fierce” (following “If I Were A Boy” and “Single Ladies - Put a Ring On It”), it was filmed and released simultaneously with “Halo, …

When I want a feel good love song, I listen to Heaven in my woman’s eyes by Tracy Byrd. It all about how he couldn’t survive without the heaven in his woman’s eyes. She gets him through the daily junk of life. It’s a great tribute of love from …

I am constantly amazed at how long certain sub-genres of rock music can last these days with a bit of slight tweaking. On the surface I Am Empire are just another in a long line of second rung modern alternative radio rock bands that are seemingly pouring out from …

Need You Now is the second CD by country artist Lady Antebellum. I am not surprised by the way this effort hung on to the top of the charts for more than a year. It is a success from start to finish.
Lady Antebellum has truly outdone themselves …

Alice Cooper is one of the surviving founding fathers of the Heavy Metal genre, and the inventor and CREATOR of on-stage heavy metal Horror! I have been a huge fan of Alice Cooper for countless years and have more or less every album he has released. He is a …

The song ‘My home’s in Alabama’ is by the group Alabama. It is a good song that makes you think of home where ever that may be. For me it reminds me of what my mom used to say when I was a kid and the fact that we …

Wow! I can’t say that word enough when it comes to Soundgarden’s debut album, Ultramega OK. The band that blew the door down with this powerful, 13 track album. If you’re into rock at all, then this is the album to start your collection with.
With powerful and meaningful songs …

Lil’ Kim ft. Lil’ Cease and The Notorious B.I.G.
“Crush On You”
Hardcore
Atlantic/Bad Boy
Lil’ Kim follows up her previous single and video, “No Time”, with “Crush On You”, her second single and music video from her debut album, “Hardcore”. The previous video had a little something going with the whole rapping …

R. Kelly
“Trapped In The Closet, Part 11″
TP-3 Reloaded
Jive Records
We’ve had a somewhat successful and mostly borderline interesting ten chapters so far in this series. And so begins Chapter 11 of R. Kelly’s “Trapped in the Closet” series. We have a protagonist, his brother in law, a policeman, his …

The Day The World Went Away is a song by Nine Inch Nails which appears on their album The Fragile. The track opens up with a very brooding and dark atmosphere created by a synthesizer and a sound that most Nine Inch Nails fans should be familiar with. After …

Eye Of The Beholder, the third track off of And Justice For All, is a track that I will admit I really don’t like very much in comparison to the rest of And Justice For All. I wouldn’t say that I strongly dislike the song or anything but I …

Pumping Blood is a song by Metallica and Lou Reed which is the third track on their collaboration album, Lulu. Opening up with a melodic string section, the introduction is nice enough but it unfortunately feels disjointed from the rest of the track once Metallica comes in with the …

Telepathic Surgery is the third release by the Flaming Lips which follows their previous record, Oh My Gawd. On this record, I thought that the band continued to develop their songwriting and there are also some traces of the sound that they would go on to really hone and …

As a singer, I’m not very fond of Alicia Keys. I think her voice sounds really weird and it is just not that pretty sounding. But I have to give her some credit because at least her voice sounds natural and doesn’t have any crazy sound effects on it. …

One of my favourite music groups when I was younger was an international reggae band called “Third WOrld”. I find myself very priveliged to have actually be able to see them live then, and meet them after a performance, and they were one of the reasons why I decided …

When released, Barbra Streisand: One Voice CD got a lot of attention and for good reason. It’s not everyday that this amazing singer gives a concert. This was back in 1987, before her big concert tours of the 90’s. Barbra gave a concert in her backyard, …

Artist: Beyonce
Video: “Listen” (Version 1)
Album: B-Day/”Dreamgirls” Soundtrack
Label: Columbia/Sony Music Soundtrack
Director: Diane Martel
“Listen” is a single and music video off of the soundtrack for the 2006 film “Dreamgirls”, it is also included on her second album titled “B-Day”. The song basically follows the subplot of her character from the film, …

Yellow is a song by Coldplay which appears on their record Parachutes. Opening up with a melodic guitar pattern, the track soon gives way to a slightly more electric guitar lead, but the song still manages to maintain it’s very melodic feel and sound to it. Chris Martin comes …

I recently received one of these pedals as a gift and immediately tried it. At first it took a while to get used to it due to all the different effects available. I don’t find this pedal that good as it just changes an effect slightly when you hit …

This is Lucky Ali’s third album after Sunoh and sifar. This one is lucky ali for th third time in a row. This album came after a long gap of 2 years from his second album sifar. This album is yet another add to the list of LA’s …

“Undying Love” is a lyrical masterpiece from the rapper Nas. This song appears on his album “I Am” which in itself garnered mixed reviews. I’ll tell you this though, never will you hear such a well thought out and well told story in today’s rap/hip hop scene. Fittingly this …

This Road To The Riches by Kool G. Rap & DJ Polo costs about $69.00, and it consists of songs that have an old school feel to it and also upbeat drums.
When first listening to it, I thought that this is pretty legendary, and what with the old school …

This album is a very interesting record. I would not even say that it is a good or strong record as such, but it is surely pretty interesting to listen to. This record, which appears very early in their career, shows how heavy and experimental this band is. Even …

Brockhampton isn’t what you would normally expect from a boy band. Before listening, I didn’t know what to expect from the guys, since this was my first time listening to them. I was recently trying to expand the kind of music that I listen to, so I decided that …

Kenny Chesney does a song called No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problem. He does a little monologue at the beginning of this song saying that this song is about a way of life that he enjoys when not on the road singing for his fans. This songs reminds …

Electronic keyboards are good fun, we decided to invest in one and started looking closely at all the keyboards advertised on the Amazon website. We found the Yamaha YTP200 a reasonably priced keyboard at £56
The whole family are music lovers and keyboard music would be great to use for …

Garage Inc. is the eight studio album by heavy metal band Metallica. It was released on 1998, after Metallica’s Re-loaded album. This one is filled with cover versions of various heavy metal, trash metal and hard rock bands like Misfits, Mercyful Fate, Black Sabbath, Motorhead and many others. Garage …

Godzilla Flick is a song by the Flaming Lips which appears on their album Hear It Is. Opening up with an acoustic guitar pattern, the vocals to the track come in pretty quickly and although I can hear hints of Coyne’s typical tone, it seems as if I’m listening …