Secret Heart performed by Curtis Stigers is a very good to excellent album performed in a male jazz singer style similar to Harry Connick Jr. and Michael Buble.
My favorite song was the familiar Days of Wine and Roses” that Stigers makes his own by using a more bouncy arrangement …

“Movin’ Out,” the Broadway show based on the music of rock legend Billy Joel, enjoyed a relatively short-lived run on the Great White Way. Nevertheless, the original cast album is a great addition the the record collection of any Billy Joel fan, as well as anyone interested in the …

This is a great first album from this new pop punk band. More on the pop side than punk but still there. The lead singer embodies that sort of upper middle class dissolute rakish character and it works well. They’re certainly not the most intellectual band …

For years, Nick Lachey has been trying to emerge from the shadows from either other boy bands such as NSYNC or Backstreet Boys or his own (now ex) wife, Jessica Simpson. In 2003, Nick released his first attempt at a solo career which to this day has only sold …

This newly launched Album is produced by Lee Hom, a Taiwanese Singer and Song writer, who grew up in the U.S.
Lee Hom has grown from his initial albums to a very matured singer with the zest of artistic in his songs.
In this album Heroes of Earth, pronounced in Chinese …

Lee Ryan… A singer? According to me yes, but not only: The right word is an “Artist”!
The ex Blue singer came out this year 2006 with his new first personal album: “Lee Ryan“.
Total of 12 songs painted with the harmony of Lee angel voice…
Personally there’re not so cool songs, …

This is the first outing for this US band and what an outing it is. With a sublime mix of rock and punky sounds make this band deeply reminiscent of the Ramones. Although since, many UK bands like the Libertines, Kaiser Chiefs and in the US bands …

If you like Jazz, then this is a must buy. Rather than getting Billy Holiday or Nina Simone go for something a bit older. Fats Waller was one of the Jazz greats of the 20’s and 30’s and this double compilation CD shows exactly why. Don’t …

Few people outside of the professional musical theatre world have yet to experience “Bright Lights, Big City.” Although some productions of this new show (a rock-musical with music and lyrics by Paul Scott Goodman) have begun to spring up in such cities as Philadelphia, the off-Broadway run of this …

This album continues where the last one left off. The Coral continue their slightly tinny sounding, modern pastiche of sixties music, which works a treat. I loved it from the first song ‘In the Forest’, right through to the last, every songs a winner. Slightly darker …

(Music From) The Elder
This LP would be notable for three things:
1.) It was KISS’ return to the realm of a concept album
2.) It would be Ace’s last album with the band for 16 years as he quit/was fired soon after.
3.) The album bombed so bad it was KISS’ worst …

ACE FREHLY
Ace’s solo album is widely considered the best of the KISS solo LP’s. (well, John Denver’s sappy music was better than the other three solo KISS LP’s!)
You have to give Ace credit for really letting his talent shine through. This looks like a project he spent a …

DOUBLE PLATINUM
Uh oh. Double Platinum was becoming the start of a problem KISS would face: creative burnout and commercialism by way of rereleasing material that had beenout in circulation WIDELY only just recently.
The idea behind this greatest hits package was to release a double album featuringall the top …

ALIVE II
Haven’t we been down this road before? KISS releases a second LIVE album and it seems more mixed than ‘live’ like the first ALIVE Album (which ironically was also mixed quite heavily in the studio)
Considering that the songs presented here are not present on ALIVE I you can’t …

LOVE GUN
Another “live in studio” effort that would be the album KISS’ tour would revolve around on the band’s first excursion into Japan.
Classics such as LOVE GUN and CHRISTINE SiXTEEN are side by side underrated gems such as PLASTER CASTER and one of Peter Criss’ WORST songs ever HOOLIGAN. …

ROCK AND ROLL OVER
Kiss returns to the sound of their first three albums with this disc (which followed ALIVE I and DESTROYER) and provided years of live shows with the classics I WANT YOU, CALLING DR. LOVE (Gene’ best song), and LADIES ROOM.
This time, KISS was afforded a large …

KISS
A rock and roll classic! One of the best LP’s of the 1970’s.
This was the bands first album and it debuted in 1973 and no one bought it (it ended up going platinum after the band became a worldwide sensation) An underrated masterpiece.
1973 was too early for the world …

DESTROYER
A multi platiunum success that was THE album that put KISS over the top after the success of ALIVE and provided KISS with the missing component that made them popular to the masses.
This didn’t sit too well with KISS fans as KISS departed from their “Live in the Studio” …

DRESSED TO KILL
I give this one extra point for the classic album cover with KISS decked out in three piece suits.
KISS’ third album was another poor seller when first released and at this point, it seemed that KISS was never going to have any success recording in studio.
The only …

HOTTER THAN HELL
Kiss seemed to believe they would capture the public’s imagination with this second LP but it didn’t work out that way despite its high quality.
Better than some have suggested.
This one also didn’t sell when first released but greater things was soon to come. Album contains Gene Simmons’ …

Alive is what happens when a band, their manager and their record label decide to take a chance on something they believe in. And rock and roll was never the same afterwards!
Alive was considered suicide during its 1975 release as live albums really didn’t sell well but KISS insisted …

KISS - DYNASTY
The last ‘big’ KISS album and the beginning of the end for the band. (Peter Criss doesn’t even play drums here…anton Fig fills in although he never received credit)
Alot of coplaints on this album dealt with KISS going ‘disco’ with the inclusion of I WAS MADE FOR …

Jamie Foxx did a great job imitating Ray Charles in “Gold Digger”. Kanye came up with some very creative rhymes and the beat was awesome.
The song was very well writting, warning men against gold diggers - women who leech off men for money.
He told the tale of a man …

Eminem’s final album, “Curtain Call” was a bit disappointing. It was short and it didn’t have many new songs on it. Some of the new songs are cool and have good beats, like “Shake That” featuring Nate Dogg.
Another new song is F.A.C.K is fairly entertaining, but also kind of …

Over the years, Michael Jackson was become more well-known for his eccentricities than for his music.
However, if there was ever a time when his self-proclaimed ‘King of Pop’ status was justified, the Thriller era was it. Jackson’s 1982 album release ‘Thriller’ was one of the largest commercial successes …

This little amp really packs a wallop. But the only problem I have is that the sound doesn’t have enough bass for my taste. The overdrive is very sharp and crisp. And this particular model is very very good for extremely crunchy guitar riffs. …

The Line 6 Spider II Amp is a very powerful little system. It has an 8″ speaker, and (7) smart control effects like Flange, Tape Echo, Sweep Echo, Reverb, and more. I use it often when performing at local acoustic gigs. Usually the venue …

This keyboard was produced in 1998, and was one of Yamaha’s first keyboards to focus explicitly on re-creating DJ, club, dance, and hip hop sounds. As you scroll through the many pre-programmed beats in the machine, you’ll hear samples of “Lady” (D’Angelo), “Rapper’s Delight”, and even a …

The CD American Idiot by Green Day is a rock music album that insults the Bush administration in every song without ever saying his name. Lyrics such as “another protester has crossed the line to find the money’s on the other side”, “the company lost the war today”, …

16 Most Requested Songs is a jazz CD featuring Louis Armstrong on trumpet and vocals. The music is medium-tempo, fast enough to dance to but not overly exciting. Louis Armstrong has a somewhat rough voice for a singer but I enjoy listening to him sing- it sounds …

Hoobastank’s first album is simply called Hoobastank. It is all upbeat rock music, with clear vocals, not yelling. The lyrics are completely clean. I like that it is just a rock band most of the time, not a synthesized orchestra (although this does happen in a …

This two-CD set is a compilation of Beatles music fron 1967-1970, 14 songs on each CD. My favorite songs on this set are Magical Mystery Tour, Back in the USSR, Penny Lane, and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Some of the songs on here, such as …

Weathered is Creed’s third and final CD (they have since broken up). It includes rock songs such as Bullets, Freedom Fighter, Who’s Got my Back?, My Sacrifice, Stand Here with Me, and Hide. I enjoy all of the songs. Like other Creed CD’s, the music is …

The CD The Beatles 1 is a compilation of 17 of the Beatles’ hit singles. With about 80 minutes of music, and only the good songs, this was a great value for the money. Beatles music is something that I never get tired of, and …

Human Clay is Creed’s second CD. I bought this CD over three years ago and I still listen to it frequently. The music gradually shifts from calm, slow guitar and vocals to loud, yelling, hard rock- this makes the music more exciting than my other CDs which …

The CD Wynton Marsalis: Mr Jezzy Lord- Standard Time Vol. 6 is a CD of jazz music with trumpet as the dominant instrument. My favorite songs include Red Hot Pepper, The Pearls, and the New Orleans Bump. The CD has a great jazzy upbeat feel throughout. …

The CD Evan and Jaron (this is the name of the group and the name of the album) was my first rock CD, although it is really just pop with a rock feel. Like pop, the music seems over-synthesized, with too many extra or computer-generated instruments. It …

I never really fancy or like listening to any chinese music because many of them sounded too draggy and are very similar to the modern english music.
But this guy made me change my mind about it. He can play 7 or more musical instruments from traditional chinese ones to …

If you are a jazz-lover and you love the vintage songs of George Gershwin, you should purchase this CD.
This CD is a mixture of bebop jazz, free-form jazz, and classical piano music.
Hancock’s original arrangements make this music experience unique.
The old Gershwin vocals: “The Man I Love” and “Summertime” sung …

This magical show was filmed at Wembley Arena back in April 2004 and the DVD was released in November 2005. I bought a copy as soon as it came out and I have to say that I haven’t stopped watching it since. I must have watched it a million …

My first electric guitar was the First Act guitar, a Double Cutaway Electric ME300, most often found in local Walmart stores, and online. This guitar has a pretty full sound for a rather inexpensive piece of musical equipment. Their prices range from around $60 all the …