Artist: SWV
Video: “You’re The One”
Album: New Beginning
Label: RCA Records
“You’re The One” is the first single and music video from SWV’s second album titled “New Beginning” (following the previous “It’s About Time”). The three Sisters With Voices (hence the name, SWV) appear in full updated mid-1990s Hip Hop and R&B …

The Fallen Angel is a song by Iron Maiden which appears on their record Brave New World. The best way that I can describe the instrumental opening of this track is that it has a very driving sound to it both from the three guitarists, Harris’ galloping rhythm, and …

Rain Man is a song by Eminem which appears on his album Encore. The track starts off with a pretty slow tempo and a laidback rhythm which Eminem establishes a rhythm for with his vocal performance. The opening vocal melody seems a bit awkward at first, and I will …

Overview —“ Electric Tears, Buckethead’s ninth album would have to be one of my favorite instrumental albums that I’ve listened to and definitely one of the calmest and most melodic as well. I’ll say right now from the start of this review and that this album really isn’t for …

This guitar is the second guitar that I purchased. The first guitar that I bought was a Mexican Stratocaster. This Ibanez brand guitar has some cool features, but it just wasn’t for me. I really prefer my Strat over the Ibanez. I honestly don’t really know why I bought …

Chemicals react is one of my favorite songs of all time. This is done by my favorite sister duo, Aly & AJ. This song is about having a chemical reaction with someone. This is considered a love song, and it’s a darn good one at that; if you like …

Lil’ Kim ft. Da Brat, Missy Elliott, Angie Martinez, and Lisa Lopes
“Not Tonight (Remix)”
Hardcore
Atlantic/Bad Boy
Director: Lance “Un” Rivera
Wow, Lil’ Kim went from rapping up and down escalators with Puff Daddy in “No Time”, dancing and rapping around in rooms that change colors with Lil’ Cease in “Crush On You”, …

The world music awards was an average music show to watch, it was not anything out of the ordinary, i really expected more than what they showed for the night.
One of my favorite performances was the opening act which was Rhianna , she came out as usual …

Break On Through (To The Other Side) is the first track which opens The Doors debut and self-titled record. I have to say that this track portrays The Doors at really not a bad representation and certainly a pretty good representation of at least the overall mood and vibe …

Space Dementia is a song by Muse which appears on their record Origin Of Symmetry. The track opens up with a graceful piano line that has somewhat of an eerie feel to it but it does exactly what an introduction for a song should do, it makes me want …

Before I even decided to listen to this album, I have had many discussions with people, including friends of mine, about this album. The question I would always bring up is “what is it about this particular album that makes people in underground/indie music go nuts. For me, witnessing …

James Blunt seems to be about one of my favorite singers when it comes to being sad and down, because he can just help me get all of my emotions all out at once. His songs are amazingly accurate, about how most people feel after break ups, extreme hardships, …

Lil’ Wayne —“ I’m a Monster
The drought is one of Lil Waynes best mixtapes and it showcases how he evolved as an artist over the years. The mixtape opens up with “I’m a Monster”.
“I’m a Monster” gives the mixtape a very strong start. I think that this is a very …

I first was acquainted with Taylor Swift’s music through her single You Belong with Me. I kept hearing it over the radio and I thought it was a catchy song. I am no teenybopper but somehow it was not long before the single appealed to me. …

I love Musiq’s album Loveandmusiq, but I’m not really feeling this new album he has out. The album is selling like crazy, but I feel that it’s missing the great songs that would make it a great album.
I guess you can’t expect an artist to make a hit …

Harmonies are top notch as always on The Osmonds: Christmas Memories. This CD is a collection of songs as performed by The Osmonds, which this time around equals Merrill, Wayne, Jay, and Jimmy. It doesn’t matter the combination of Osmonds, the harmonies are always there. I …

I’d been a fan of Hillsongs not just because they promote Christianity and relate into their songs what the Christian life is all about, but also because of the variety of songs they write and sing —“from mellow to slow rock. I’m really not good at identifying genres but …

(Nice Dream) is a song by Radiohead which appears on their second record, The Bends. The song opens up with a simple acoustic guitar strumming pattern before other instruments begin to join in and fill in the sound. Thom Yorke comes in with the first verse with a very …

The Tracks - A Hard Day’s Night, the third album by The Beatles, features a variety of different songs on here. There’s the more melodic songs, the energetic and rock driven songs, the pop-orientated songs, but also the songs that show signs of mature songwriting and more developed ideas. …

Julia is the final track which appears on the first disk of The Beatles’ White Album. An interesting fact about Julia is that this is the only Beatles track throughout their entire catalogue where Lennon plays on the track, and Lennon alone. No other Beatle is heard on this …

Undercover Of The Night is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Undercover. I’m not exactly sure how to adequately describe the introduction of this song, it sort of has a disco rhythm to it or sort of a funk rhythm, whatever it is, it’s …

What You Do by Chrisette Michele Feat. Ne-Yo is a very lovely song and Chrisette Michele, with her powerful vocals, totally sweep me away with this song. What You Do is the title given and Ne-Yo adds a touch of class as well. It is just awesome …

The 21st century began with great news on the music world with the incarnation of some hard rock supergroups like “A Perfect Circle”, “Velvet Revolver” and “Audioslave”. This last one was created on 2001, when the remaining members of Rage Against the Machine (after Zack de la Rocha left …

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 …

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 …

“Speechless” by Lady Gaga is probably one of my favorite songs by her for the simple fact it justifies her fame more than anything else she’s recorded. Don’t get me wrong. I love pretty much all her songs but I think Speechless shows off how good her voice …

Sound Peace - David & Steve Gordon is a fairly enjoyable audio CD that offers a combination of flutes, guitar chords, harps, wind chimes, piano melodies and more. All of the instrumental music that appears on this CD is gentle and soft, and is arranged in a way that …

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 …

The Boston series of pianos resulted as a collaboration between piano manufacturers Steinway and Kawai, with Steinway supplying the design and Kawai managing the production. The Boston GP-178, in particular, is my favorite of this series largely because it possesses good string speaking length for great sound while remaining …

I Got The Blues is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their album Sticky Fingers. The song starts off with a clean guitar riff which actually goes on for a pretty fair amount of time and it has a very melancholy tone to it which certainly …

Josef K were a short-lived four-piece post-punk band. The paranoia and brittleness implicit in their namesake, the protagonist in Frank Kafka’s “The Trial” was echoed by their sound. They played spare, taut, danceable discount funk. For those looking for comparison, this can be likened to Fear of Music era …

Tell Me (You’re Coming Back) is a song by The Rolling Stones which appears on their self-titled debut record. Tell Me starts off with a nice acoustic guitar part which has a tone which honestly makes me think of Jimmy Page’s tone from Led Zeppelin. Jagger comes in with …

Rhinoceros is a song by The Smashing Pumpkins and is the third song on their debut album entitled Gish. Opening in a far more melodic than either of the two preceding songs on this album, Rhinoceros features a pretty calm atmosphere throughout the first forty-five seconds of the track …

When The Trickster Starts A-Poking (Bordello Kind Of Guy) is a song by Gogol Bordello which appears as the first track on their album Multi Kontra Culti Vs. Irony. The song opens up with a pretty frantic accordion introduction which certainly would give a listener a feel for Gogol …

If your looking for a great classic rock one of the cds I recommend is the Boston debut album released in 1976. This album was a collaboration with Tom Scholz as the man who did most of the work like producing the album recording most of the guitars,clavinet,organ, and …

Banal pop music is an easy target even for the less than brilliant observers among us, and cultural satirists regularly jab at flash-in-the-pan musical phenomena. Is it always deserved? Or accurate? Or eerily prescient in terms of where such acts are headed in the mainstream musical landscape? Perhaps not. …

This is the band’s second album, and first major label album released on Roadrunner Records in late January of 2008 and the summer of 2007 in the UK. The album was produced by Bob Marlette. The band is obviously draws much of their inspiration from AC/DC, this isn’t so …

Fade To Black, the ballad of Ride The Lightning, is certainly the song where I believe Metallica truly proved that they were much more than a thrash band from the 1980s who were completely driven by energy. I feel like the progression and development …

One of my favorite CDs now is The String Quartet Tribute to KISS. I love this CD for so many reasons. It combines a great band (KISS) with a string quartet that is so good. One chance at listening to this CD and chances are you …

I purchased the Iida 5-String Banjo in 1974. This particular model is not for beginners but at the same time its not a high end instrument. I’ve used it for 35 years playing it for family, friends, and on stage professionally. The banjo features a heavy mahogany resonator, steel …

Overview - Metallica, also know as The Black Album, is Metallica’s fifth effort and is the album known as combining heavy metal with commercial success. With more mainstream songs, the band was able to merge into the mainstream and become more of a household name rather than an underground …

These canadian twins are out with their fifth album in 10 years. It seems like they’ve grown back into the source of their rockish first 3 albums as their last “So Jealous” was more pop oriented. Now, you have to make the separation between the two girls when you …

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, …

Ciara like a boy is about how what would happen if the rules changed up and the girls act just like the guys and the guys act like the girls. Would that work, I don’t think so but that is how lots of guys act. They are players and …

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 …

Ed Sheeran, one of the most popular pop star right now, teamed up with Beyonce, another popular singer today, to deliver what might be an apt title for a song: “Perfect Duet”.
Even though the song was released on March 2017, it was solo. This new one is freshen up …

Black Dog is a song by Led Zeppelin which is the first track of their iconic record Led Zeppelin IV. I’ll just begin by saying that Black Dog is an excellent opening track for an album that has been praised highly since its release. One thing I don’t like …

Jay-Z ft. Pharrell
“I Know”
American Gangster
Roc-A-Fella Records/Island Def Jam
Director: Philip Andelman
“I Know” is the third and final single and music video from Jay-Z’s “American Gangster” album which is based off of inspiration surrounding the 2007 film of the same name starring Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe. I am sorry …

Rock music seems to have sprouted an absolute ton of different genres over the years, and one of these more current genres is the mixing of a metal like sound with a younger, almost pop sounding singer. Most of the time, it creates music that seems out of place …

Sara Bareilles’ album, Kaleidoscope Heart, was recently released. The album is consistent with her previous works, but it seems to have reached an all-time high.
The album starts with “Kaleidoscope Heart”, an introductory chorale. It is the single most beautiful chorale I’ve ever heard featured on a pop album. The …